Lilli Curry,16, died from Ewing sarcoma in 2016.
Now, her mom, Kay Curry, is still fighting to educate others about pediatric cancer in order to help save others.
“All cancers are important to be aware of and to do research on,” Curry said. “The more money that we have, that we can funnel towards it, probably the quicker that either cures or better treatments will be found.”Curry said, only 4% of federal funding goes to research childhood cancer. According to one estimation, that’s about $26 million. In comparison, other well-known diseases like aids and breast cancer, are granted 10 to 20 times that amount.
Curry also wants more research to fund the long-term effects of treatment on children’s growing bodies. “It doesn’t go away just because it’s one or two years after treatment, a child can develop issues, major issues with their organs, with their eyes,” Curry said. “Years down the road they can develop secondary cancers, it could be attributed to the chemo they did or the radiation or both.
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