Saro Armenian, Director of the Division of Outcomes Research, Director of the Center for Survivorship and Outcomes, Hematologic Malignancies Institute, and Barron Hilton Chair and Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics at City of Hope, shared a post by City of Hope on LinkedIn, adding:
“Not a dry eye in the house as our City of Hope Children’s Cancer team celebrated Andranik’s end of transplant milestone with the ringing of the bell.
That sound carries so much more than celebration. It reflects months of courage, resilience, and trust. It represents the strength of a child who faced each day with determination, and a family who stood steady through every uncertainty, every long night, and every hard-earned step forward.
On this International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day, we pause to honor the everyday battles our patients and their families face. Childhood cancer is not a single moment in time. It is a journey defined by hope, fear, perseverance, science, compassion, and community.
Moments like Andranik’s remind us why we do this work. Behind every clinical protocol, every infusion, every research breakthrough, there is a child with dreams, siblings waiting at home, parents carrying immeasurable strength, and a team committed to walking alongside them.
At City of Hope, we are equally committed to advancing the research that will make more bell ringing possible and to building survivorship programs that ensure children not only survive, but thrive long after treatment ends.
Today we celebrate Andranik. We celebrate his family. We celebrate our nurses, physicians, transplant coordinators, pharmacists, child life specialists, and the countless team members who made this milestone possible. And we recommit ourselves to a future where every child with cancer has access to curative therapy and lifelong support.
The bell rang for Andranik. May it ring for many more.”
Quoting City of Hope‘s post:
“Go, Andranik!
After two consecutive transplants and months of treatment, the 3‑year‑old rang the bell. On International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day, we’re celebrating this special moment and the joy of seeing him back home with his family, playing with his big sister and being a kid who loves dinosaurs and the color green.”
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