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Chase Delisle, age 10, on the left, and Calvin Klassen-Parent, age 8, who are both battling cancer, are featured on the Met campus at the Windsor Regional Hospital, where an event was held on September 26, 2018.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at Windsor Regional Hospital on Wednesday with the help of some of its partners.
Stride Transition, W. E. Care for Kids, in the honor of those we love and the Canadian Blood Services met at the Metropolitan Campus with various activities.
"We are looking for the day when we will be able to defeat this disease and cure every child with cancer and, hopefully, thanks to the progress of research, we will one day," said Mohammad Jarrar, from Windsor. only pediatric oncologist, who oversees the clinic.
Jarrar said that the most common cancer in children is a type of leukemia called acute lymphoblastic leukemia ELL, which accounts for about a quarter of childhood cancer cases.
"Now the cure rate is close to 90%," said Jarrar.
After this leukemia, brain tumors, followed by lymphoma cancers, are the most common cancer in children.
He added that the province's child cancer care system is based on five tertiary care centers, of which London is the closest to Windsor, and seven satellite care centers, including Windsor.
"So, when a child is diagnosed with cancer, he goes to the tertiary care center for the initial check-up, the staging and the treatment plan. And instead that the child is forced to stay in London the entire treatment period or to go back and forth because that's several times a week, we now have to satellite clinic some of the treatment here in Windsor. Jarrar said.
"It saves families a lot of time and allows them to take care of their sick child."
Jarrar said there are about 15 new cases of cancer in children diagnosed each year in Windsor, while in general, about 30 patients receive chemotherapy in London.
There may also be up to 50 or 60 children who have completed treatment and are under supervision for recurrence.
Kyle Ianni, 5, left, and 8-year-old Brock Hasson, both of whom are battling cancer, are shown with a friend Wednesday at Children's Cancer Awareness Month at the Met Campus of the Regional Hospital. Windsor.
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Windsor Star
Iain Macri, representing the Fight Like Mason Foundation in honor of his dead son, is presented Wednesday at the Windsor Regional Hospital to celebrate Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
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Windsor Star
Chantelle and Iain Macri, who represent the Fight Like Mason Foundation in honor of their deceased son, are featured on the Met campus of the Windsor Regional Hospital on September 26, 2018 during an event aimed at to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Dan Janisse /
Windsor Star
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