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Cancer Center Patient Stories

Your child will be cared for by one of the most accomplished teams of childhood cancer experts in the world. We provide medical care, emotional counseling and much more. We make sure your child, you and every family member get the highest level of support.

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Patient story

Relapsed Leukemia: Tori's Story

Tori had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, as a kindergartner. Since then, she’d relapsed twice.

Patient story

Relapsed Lymphoma: Daulton's Story

When Daulton was 3 years old, breathing trouble led doctors to discover a malignant mass occupying 60 percent of his chest cavity. The diagnosis was lymphoma.

Donor story

Brain Tumor: Liam's Story

It all started when he fell off a trampoline at a friend’s birthday party. Concerns about a possible concussion soon gave way to more shocking news: Liam had a brain tumor.

Patient story

Siblings of Childhood Cancer: Zak's Story

Zak’s leadership at the Parkway Run is an important part of Naya’s legacy to raise awareness and funds for the brilliant researchers at CHOP who work tirelessly to cure childhood cancer.

Grayson
Patient story

Astrocytoma: Grayson's Story

Grayson has an astrocytoma on his brain stem. It is the type of tumor that can become almost a chronic disease — it may never disappear, but the goal of treatment is to keep it stabilized.

Patient story

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Adam's Story

Just shy of his 16th birthday, Adam Bengis was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. For the next 29 days, he lived at CHOP while he received chemotherapy.

shawn
Patient story

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Shawn's Story

On Shawn’s fifth birthday, doctors at CHOP told his parents their son had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of cancer in children.

Patient story

Neuroblastoma: Sarah's Story

This young woman continues to receive the best follow-up care from CHOP after being treated for neuroblastoma as a toddler.

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