The St. Baldrick's Foundation–Team Brett 2027 is supporting pediatric cancer research by holding the 7th Annual Rock for Brett Concert for a Cause - Benefiting Childhood Cancer Research, featuring 3-time St. Louis Post Dispatch STL Headliner winner Torchlight Parade, with special guests The Nightmare - An Alice Cooper Experience, St. Louis Teen Talent Finalist Aragon, JoJo Matea, TOFU Band and High School Sander Scharff, on Saturday, April 24, 2027 at the Arnold Eagles Hall, 1725 Jeffco Blvd, Arnold, MO 63010.
Brett was diagnosed at the age of 11 with an aggressive form of brain cancer called Anaplastic Astrocytoma. Brett went through unimaginable suffering during his 3½ year fight against this relentless disease. He endured 7 weeks of proton radiation, 5 different forms of chemotherapy and immunotherapy, 6 brain surgeries, several blood transfusions, countless hospital visits, scans, tests and needle sticks. Despite the outstanding treatment he received at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Brett passed away on January 10, 2018. He was 14 years old and a freshman at Bishop DuBourg High School. Cancer kills more children in the United States than any other disease, more than many other diseases combined, and 1 in 5 children diagnosed with cancer will not survive. Yet only 8% of the National Cancer Institute's budget is dedicated to childhood cancer research. While these statistics are sobering, we are making progress in the fight against childhood cancer.
Since 2015, Team Brett has raised over $204,000.00 to fund pediatric brain cancer research, with most of that money invested right here in St. Louis through the physicians and researchers at Siteman Kids/St. Louis Children's Hospital. Team Brett has helped fund a St. Baldrick's Research Grant that was awarded to Dr. Josh Rubin at Washington University in St. Louis for his work on medulloblastoma, an aggressive grade 4 brain cancer. Dr. Rubin was one of the pediatric oncologists who treated Brett at St. Louis Children's Hospital, so this award has special meaning to us.
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