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Cancer in Children
 Childhood Cancer Patients Need Healing Environment
Nick Sloan, childhood cancer patient, at Carley's Magic Gardens.
There's a big difference for the patients, family, and the staff when hospitals have a family-centered care environment.
 Kids With Cancer Tell The World About Courage And Hope
Children with cancer have much to teach us. A new book, Angels & Monsters featuring the art, words, and photographs of children with cancer, gives us a profound sense of courage and hope.
More Stories of Hope
Caroline's Miracle - The Story of a 6-Year Old With Cancer
 Harry Potter and Tyler Walton,
the Boys Who Lived
Harry Potter, the character made popular in the J.K. Rowling book series, now a major film, is known as the Boy Who Lived, and so is Tyler Walton of Oaklyn, N.J. Harry Potter triumphed over the evil wizard, Voldemort, and Tyler over leukemia. They both fought enemies they couldn't see.
 Cancer Serves as a Motivator for Becoming a Doctor
In 1992, Adam Tarnosky was a carefree high school senior in Pensacola, Fla., when he noticed a suspicious lump and went to the doctor. The diagnosis was testicular cancer. With the subsequent surgery and chemotherapy treatment, Tarnosky missed three-fourths of his senior year.
 Grateful Dad Finds a Way to Give Back
Mark Horstman remembers the day his life unraveled in a matter of 15 minutes. "We had the classic American story where we had taken our five-year-old daughter in to have a cyst drained and after 45 minutes, we were pacing . . .
 
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