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Brain cancer now leading childhood cancer killer
Brain cancer now leading childhood cancer killer
NEW YORK (AP) — Brain cancer is now the deadliest childhood cancer in the U.S., now ahead of leukemia, a result of improved leukemia treatment and a frustrating lack of progress on brain cancer.Government statisticians reported the change in rankings Friday, drawing from a review of 15 years of death certificates......................... ADVERTISEMENT ......................"I think most people, when they think of childhood cancer, think of leukemia," said Sally Curtin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."This is kind of a changing of the guard."
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Mum raises awareness for childhood cancer with heartbreaking school photo
Mum raises awareness for childhood cancer with heartbreaking school photo
LONDON — A British mum who lost her little girl to cancer has shared an emotional post on Facebook to help raise awareness of the disease.Julie Apicella of Norfolk in December lost her daughter Emily after her long battle with Wilms' tumour, a cancer of the kidney.SEE ALSO: Mum makes heartbreaking plea in video about her son's deathEmily underwent surgery, received chemotherapy and took part in a drugs trial, according to the Huffington Post UK, but she kept relapsing."In July to August 2015 we came off the trial as it wasn't working and came home to make memories of our time left," Apicella said.
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Fighting childhood cancer with CureFest
Fighting childhood cancer with CureFest
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and a special event is being held in Washington, D.C. to raise awareness.Did you know that less than 5 percent of government funding for cancer goes to the children?That's why thousands of families will visit the nation's capital for CureFest this weekend.In the above video, CureFest organizer Emily Belcher chats with us about this important event along with her daughter, Caroline, who's battling brain cancer, and Aflac's Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications Catherine Blades.
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