Posts by Pia

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Lace Up for Kids 2024   Every year, over 400,000 children worldwide receive the heart-wrenching diagnosis of cancer. This staggering number reminds us of the crucial need for continued awareness, research, and support. This September, during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we invite you to join Solving Kids’ Cancer’s Lace Up for…

As a parent, your primary instinct is to protect and care for your children. But, what happens when your child is diagnosed with cancer? How do you navigate your family through the devastating diagnosis, harsh treatments and fears of recurrence? And, when the unthinkable happens — what does life look like after loss? The journey…

It began with a life-altering diagnosis. In 2010, 5-year-old Audrey was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a cancerous tumor that develops in the nervous system of babies and very young children. Each year, approximately 800 children get diagnosed with neuroblastoma in the United States.1 With stage 4 neuroblastoma, young Audrey was in the…

5 Ways to Support National Cancer Research Month May is National Cancer Research Month, when we spotlight the vital work being done to combat a disease affecting millions worldwide. Each year in the United States, 1.9 million new cancer diagnoses are made,1 and tragically, cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease among children.2…

Most of us are familiar with vaccines, a type of immunotherapy given to healthy people to prevent common diseases. They are made from a weakened virus or attenuated bacteria that causes the disease and are introduced into the body. This helps build antibodies that recognize and fight off that particular disease more effectively. Some cancer…

Although significant strides have been made in the treatment of children with cancer over the years, survival for some cancers, such as solid tumors, and rare, aggressive cancers, have seen little improvement. Those who do survive pediatric cancers, are often faced with long-term health complications from the current standard of care treatments of chemotherapy, surgery…

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death by disease among children,1 claiming the lives of over 100,000 kids each year worldwide.2 With the development of chemotherapy and other conventional pediatric cancer treatments, there has been a considerable rise in overall survival rates over the last 30 years, but the quality of life for…