Kids with Cancer

KIMMY: CANCER IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
October 19, 2020

When their daughter Kimmy was diagnosed with leukemia, Daniel and Taimi Hachey were told her disease had a 90% survival rate. Later tests showed Kimmy had Philadelphia chromosome-like precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare type, difficult to treat. The adjusted survival rate?  Only 50-60%. Her diagnosis went from, “The cure rate is high,” to “We are very concerned about her outcome.”

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