Childhood Cancer Awareness
Paul O'Rear -- Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 1:16 AM (1 Comment)Categories: Ashley O'Rear, Cancer, Childhood Cancer Awareness, Children
Tags: American Cancer Society, Ashley O'Rear, September
Childhood Cancer Awareness Gold Ribbon
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
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My daughter Ashley died of cancer in November 2001. She was 14 years old. Diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was almost 10, she went through a year-and-a-half of treatments, was cancer-free for three years, and then relapsed in the Fall of 2001. She survived only two-and-a-half months after her relapse.
In the United States in 2007, more than 10,000 children under the age of 15 were diagnosed with cancer. Over 1,500 of them will die from the disease. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children, exceeded only by accidents. (Source: American Cancer Society )
