Austin's Warriors is a team formed in honor of Austin Allen's fight and success in beating the battle of Leukemia. Austin was diagnose with Leukemia on Oct 2008 at age 2 months old. We are proud to say that Austin is now cancer free and "Kicked Cancer's Butt!" He will be celebrating his 3rd birthday in July 2011. Austin kicked cancer's butt because of the support from friends, family, hospital staff, research doctors and origination's like LLS. We want to see many more kids, men and women "Kick Cancer's Butt!" just as Austin did. With your donation to LLS , that can happen for many. Thank you! Team Captain's Natasha and Karrie
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Light The Night Walk is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's evening walk and fundraising event. It is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of people battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) funds lifesaving research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and treatments for other types of cancer, such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants. These treatments have helped patients live better, longer lives. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue are providing drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life.
Please make a donation to support my team's participation in the Light The Night Walk and help save lives. Be sure to check my team's Web site frequently to see my team's progress, and thanks for your support!
FACTS:
An estimated 245,225 people in the United States are living with, or are in remission from, leukemia. An estimated 44,790 new cases of leukemia will be diagnosed in the United States in 2009. Chronic leukemias account for 11 percent more cases than acute leukemias. Most cases occur in older adults; the median patient age at diagnosis is 66 years. Leukemia is expected to strike more than 10 times as many adults as children in 2009. (About 44,790 adults compared with 3,509 children, aged 0-14 years). About 33 percent of cancers in children aged 0-14 years are leukemia. The most common cancer in children 1 to 7 years old is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
The most common types of leukemia in adults are acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), with an estimated 12,810 new cases in 2009, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), with about 15,490 new cases this year. Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is estimated to affect about 5,050 persons this year. The most common type of leukemia in children is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), which will account for about 5,760 new cases this year.
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