Stories of Hope
Meet Hannah
She was two years old when she was diagnosed with cancer. Her story is why research for kids can’t wait.
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ONE OF THE 43When Hannah was diagnosed with high-risk Stage IV neuroblastoma.
Surgery, transfusions, chemo, radiation, a bone marrow transplant and immunotherapy.
A rare brain tumor followed a year later, with two more years of chemo.
Her story
Hannah has spent most of her childhood fighting cancer.
Hannah was two years old when doctors found high-risk Stage IV neuroblastoma. What followed was one of the hardest treatment plans a child can face.
- The diagnosisHigh-risk Stage IV neuroblastoma, at just two years old.
- The treatmentHannah went through every option her doctors had.
- One year laterDoctors found a new tumor in her brain, a rare cancer called histiocytic sarcoma.
- Back into treatmentHannah faced two more years of chemotherapy.
Hannah is one of the 43 kids diagnosed with cancer every day.
Kids like her need treatments made for kids, with fewer side effects and better chances of a cure.
The research
Better cures start in the lab.
NPCF funds research through the Sunshine Research Consortium, which brings 40+ leading children’s hospitals together.
Together they test promising treatments side by side and get the best ones to kids faster than any one hospital could alone.
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