Young children are being prescribed adult drugs due to insufficient funding for pediatric research. These drugs are dangerous, and children die from these treatments and lack sufficient curative treatment options available.
“It was especially difficult being the only “sick” kid in a school full of normal healthy kids. I stuck out like a sore thumb. There was no hiding myself away from being the kid with cancer, so I had to learn how to accept that identity and make it my own.”
6 extraordinary brave children describe their thoughts, feelings and experiences using art and writing.
Only 4% of the National Cancer Institute's funding is allocated specifically to Pediatric oncology and children with cancer and their families are suffering because of it.