The article discusses the importance of government funding for medical research, especially in regard to childhood cancers like retinoblastoma. The author shares a personal story about their son Jack, who was diagnosed with this rare cancer at an atypical age. Thanks to groundbreaking treatments developed by researchers and accessible through government-funded programs, Jack is now in remission. The author stresses that continued investment in pediatric healthcare is essential to maintaining high survival rates for future generations facing similar health challenges.
If the president continues on this course, children diagnosed during and after this administration will needlessly fare worse than those who came before.
This now-routine preventative care has enabled medical professionals to find and treat most cases without a loss of vision or life.
Last month, my son reached two years in remission from a rare, malignant cancer that almost took his eye and his life.
A terrifying journey Jack's was one of very few documented diagnoses with retinoblastoma after the age of 8.
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