Advocacy
Advocacy for Childhood Cancer
Alea became a VOICE for Childhood Cancer Awareness and Advocacy. On numerous occasions, Alea went to Washington DC to speak to about the outdated chemotherapy treatments and the reason behind the lack of research for childhood cancers. Did you know that Childhood Cancer Research ONLY receives 4% of all the funding for all cancers? That equals 4 pennies on every dollar for kids.
CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH IS CONSISTENTLY UNDERFUNDED BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
EACH DAY 47 CHILDREN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CHILDHOOD CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT MEANS THAT 17,000 ARE DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR. CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH BY DISEASE FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN, 1,800 KIDS YEARLY.
SADLY, ALEA IS PART OF THAT STATISTIC.
CHILDHOOD CANCER SUCKS
IN THE PAST 30YEARS ONLY 7 DRUGS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FDA. CHILDHOOD CANCER RATES HAVE INCREASED BY 24% IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. CANCER OCCURS REGULARLY, RANDOMLY, AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BY ETHNIC GROUPS, SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS, OR GEOGRAPHIC REGION.