Nearly a third of families with children receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – the most common pediatric cancer – develop serious financial difficulties during their child’s treatment, including losing 25% or more of their household income and struggling to cover the costs of basic living expenses such as housing, food, and utilities. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1108761

Despite major therapeutic advances, survival rates remain lower for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families, a pattern long observed and poorly understood at the biological level. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-food-insecurity-linked-tumor-growth.html

MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) rose in the Ontario legislature to call for the Ontario government to take a first step to eliminate hospital parking fees by listening to families dealing with childhood cancer. Gates has partnered with Ontario Parents Advocating for Children with Cancer , the parent voice for families who have children diagnosed with cancer across the province, to fight for this change. Read more: https://www.notllocal.com/local-news/gates-calls-on-ford-gover

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