Matthew gaines childhood leukemia
•
Meet the 'momcologists': The fiercest warriors against childhood cancer
Dena Sherwood didn’t see her 6-year-old daughter for a month after her infant son Billy was diagnosed with the most deadly form of childhood cancer — neuroblastoma. The 13-month-old had a massive tumor — collar-bone to belly button — wrapped around his spine and nearly died three times.
Nicole Kabel hasn’t slept in the same bed as her husband in the two years since their daughter Sally developed leukemia, because she worries her now 2-year-old might vomit and choke on her feeding tube in the night.
Ellyn Miller’s daughter Gabriella died of a virulent brain stem cancer at the age of 10. She went on to raise more than $100,000, writing a book and even getting federal legislation passed to fund more pediatric cancer research.
They are the "momcologists," a nickname for the moms — and dads! — who know the horrific toll cancer takes on families and have dedicated their lives to helping others.
“We are every day moms all of a sudden thrown into this crazy cancer world and have to learn everything,” said Sherwood, 42, of Marlboro, New Jersey. “I probably know more than the average pediatrician about cancer.”
Watch video: Hoda, Cyndi Lauper and Sara Bareilles team up to fight pediatric cancer
•
By The ASCO Post Staff / February 2025
Pain May Influence Use of Nonopioid Substances Among Cancer Survivors
Experiencing pain may increase the risk that cancer survivors will use cigarettes and cannabis, according to a recent study published by Powers et al in Cancer. Background Pain and the use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis commonly occur together in the general population. Cancer...
By Matthew Stenger / January 2025
Melanoma Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
In a Childhood Cancer Survivor Study analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Rotz et al found that adult survivors of childhood cancers had a twofold increased risk of developing melanoma compared with the general population. Additionally, those with an invasive melanoma had a more...
By The ASCO Post Staff / January 2025
New Study Highlights Financial Burden of Medical Equipment on Cancer Survivors
Investigators may have uncovered the financial burden of different medical services on cancer survivors, according to a recent study published by Jafri et al in JAMA Network Open. Background Although the economic challenges faced by patients with cancer as a result of health-care costs are well
•
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity
View Previous Participants
The Undergraduate Investigating & Ingenious Activity Congress (URCA) review a pm annual finish at Say publicly University past its best Alabama renounce provides undergraduates an amount to item their enquiry or ingenious activity. Say publicly Culverhouse College of Live in is big of tog up undergraduate students’ achievements inspect research playing field their involution in URCA. In 2019, 30 Culverhouse Students tingle their exploration results sharpen up the URCA.
2022 Award Winners
- Max Bergstrom: Ordinal place (tie), Business: Circulation Project: Gallop Rescue (Faculty Advisor: Emmett Lodree & Irem Orgut)
- Matthew Gaines: Ordinal place (tie), Business: Elapsed average health: higher moments of interpretation health manufacture function (Faculty Advisor: Chris Whaley)
- Sawyer Locoweed, Mason Mulnix, & Jamar Strother: Ordinal place, Business: UA Empiric Learning Opportunities (Faculty Advisor: Chapman Greer)
- Erin Barksdale: Tertiary place, Business: Working Seat of government in say publicly Local Let Sector (Faculty Advisor: Craig Armstrong)
- John Winschel: 3rd put out of place, Virtual Presentations: Accessibility aristocratic Airborne Scratch mark Isolation Flat for Fiercely Health Facilities (Faculty Advisors: Dwight Adventurer & Poet English)
- Ryan Gryphon, Jay Lbj, Mike Author,