Benefiting Jori Zemel Children's Bone Cancer Foundation
What: Music Festival and 3 Mile Cancer Walk
When: Sunday, April 19, 2009 (Register -- Noon/Walk -- 3:00p)
Where: Clear Lake High School, 2929 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058
The Jori Zemel Children's Bone Cancer Foundation was created to honor Jori Starr Zemel, who died on January 1, 2001, after a 20-month battle with osteosarcoma. The Foundation helps raise awareness, money to fund clinical research at the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and also provides emotional and financial support to children and families fighting bone cancer through the Starr Family Program.
Children's bone cancer is the 5th most common cancer, occurring mostly in the adolescent years. The 2-year disease-free survival rate for children with a primary tumor and no metastases (growths) has remained stagnant at about 60-65% for the past 20 years despite multiple changes in the combination chemotherapy regimens used to treat this disease. Patients with metastases at diagnosis have an extremely poor survival rate at about 10%.
You can learn more about this event and how to register, sponsor a walker or make a donation on the Heart & Sole website.
Children's bone cancer is the 5th most common cancer, occurring mostly in the adolescent years. The 2-year disease-free survival rate for children with a primary tumor and no metastases (growths) has remained stagnant at about 60-65% for the past 20 years despite multiple changes in the combination chemotherapy regimens used to treat this disease. Patients with metastases at diagnosis have an extremely poor survival rate at about 10%.
You can learn more about this event and how to register, sponsor a walker or make a donation on the Heart & Sole website.
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