An Innovative Approach to Treating Childhood Cancer
Emily's life was saved using an innovative new cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy. In 2012, she was the first child in the world to have her immune cells trained to fight cancer. Today, she is more than eight years cancer-free.
Tom and Kari Whitehead founded EWF in honor of their daughter Emily. A leukemia survivor, Emily was the first child in the world to receive CAR T-cell therapy.
With every research breakthrough, we are one step closer to finding a cure for childhood cancer.
80%
Because of major treatment advances in recent years, the 5-year survival rate for children with cancer has now increased to more than 80%.
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NEW DATE! Join us for the second chapter of our Emily Whitehead Foundation Believe Ball on Saturday, September 18, 2021.
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