[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I am wearing this gold ribbon today 
in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and to honor young 
children like my own daughter, Caroline, who have lost their lives to 
this devastating disease and to show my support for those kids who have 
survived through their courageous, sometimes years long, submission to 
painful and isolating treatments.
  Leukemia, chemotherapy, lym- phoma, neuroblastoma, these are terms no 
small child should have to pronounce. And instead of the normal third-
grade spelling words, my Caroline was proud that she could spell 
Diflucan and Ativan, just two of the many drugs she had to take every 
single day.
  As millions of kids return to school this September, we put the 
spotlight on this deadly disease. Two classrooms full of our children 
every weekday are diagnosed with cancer.
  Cancer strikes more children than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, 
and AIDS combined. And while the incidence is steadily rising, 
childhood cancer still remains an underrecognized and underserved 
disease.
  This can change. This must change. This will change.

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