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Vincristine Shortage – Note To Pediatric Oncologists

by Dean Crowe | Oct 17, 2019

Dear Pediatric Oncologists, As I’m sure you’re aware, the vincristine shortage is very real. But what I want you to know is that I am sorry. I know this is hard—hard on the families who can’t get vincristine for their kids, but also hard on you as these precious children’s doctors. My heart breaks for the families and for you. It cannot be easy to look a parent and a child in eye and tell them that they will not be able to get vincristine, the very medicine you told them they needed to save...

Your Voice Matters: $6.5 Million in Funding for Cancers in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

by Dean Crowe | Oct 11, 2019

By Dean Crowe They say it takes a village. Thank you all for being our village. You called the U.S. Congressional Offices of the DoD Subcommittee Members asking for specific research funding for cancers in children, adolescents and young adults. You signed the letter of support. You visited and wrote personal emails to those offices as cancer fighters, survivors, caretakers, researchers and advocates. You shared your stories. You applied for grants. You served as consumer reviewers. And your...

A Name that Makes Me Cringe

by Dean Crowe | Aug 9, 2019

I think this is true of just about everyone I know. I know it is true of me. There are just certain names that bring up bad memories. Whether it is a name of someone from way back in the past or maybe someone recently who really upset us or wronged us. When we hear that name, internally we cringe. I have a name that makes me cringe. The name is Sarcoma. It is a nasty type of pediatric and adolescent cancer. July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, so I want to make you aware of why, when I hear this...

I Know I Shouldn’t Hate, but I Do

by Dean Crowe | May 17, 2019

In the United States, cancer is the number one disease killer of children. Yet pediatric cancer isn’t exclusive to America; it’s a global epidemic that affects more than 300,000 children around the world.

A Letter to Grace in Heaven

by Dean Crowe | Apr 13, 2018

By Dean Crowe, Rally Founder and CEO Dear Grace, Several weeks ago I asked your mom how you were doing. She said, “Physically she's a 2. Spiritually she is a 10.” It is fitting that you went to Heaven on Palm Sunday. I was actually on a flight that day when suddenly I woke up from a nap, looked out my window, and saw the brightest white I have ever seen. I looked as far as I could see to the left and to the right and straight ahead. All I could see was a blinding white. Not a hint of another...