Children’s Cancer Institute shared on LinkedIn:
“Two years after her first visit to Children’s Cancer Institute, Novalie recently returned to check out our new home at the Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre and to catch up with A Prof Charley De Bock, who leads our Functional Genomics of Leukaemia Group.
In this moving conversation, Novalie reflects on seven years of treatment, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and CAR T-cell therapy, while sharing her hopes for a future where children can access kinder, less toxic cancer treatments. Together, she and Charley discuss why research is so important and how we’re working towards better outcomes for every child diagnosed with cancer.
This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we’re thinking of Novalie. Following a bone marrow transplant, she’s currently in hospital in isolation and facing some incredibly tough days. We’re encouraged to see early signs of engraftment, an important milestone in her recovery, and we’re sending Novalie and her family all our love, strength and support as she continues to heal.
Novalie’s story is a powerful reminder that the childhood cancer journey is measured in years of treatment, uncertainty and resilience. That’s why Childhood Cancer Awareness Month matters. It’s a chance to stand with children like Novalie, raise awareness of the challenges families face, and support the research that will help create safer, more effective treatments for every child.
Novalie, we’re all behind you.
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