A friend who works at a pediatric cancer ward told me it’s one of the most difficult places to be in. To see children suffering from cancer breaks the heart of anyone who works and visits there. And yet it is also a place where courage runs high.
Childhood cancers are the number 1 disease killer of children. One in every 300 children will develop cancer before the age of 19. Now while the death rate from cancer has dropped significantly, about 2,300 children still die each year from cancer. Although 75% of children are cured, some forms of cancer …read more