National Childhood Cancer month

September is National Childhood Cancer month, and if you haven't had the opportunity yet, take a look at the special segment on Boston.com devoted to this topic. There's a photo montage of children who have survived, are battling and have died from various forms of childhood cancer. One of the photos is of Larry Theriault, one of the patient partners for whom a fellow Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge runner runs for -- it's wonderful to see him doing so well.

Childhood cancer rates are incredibly high -- and often you see instances of pediatric cancers striking teenagers or even young adults. I've lost two adult friends to forms of cancers that are typically treatable in children, but can be deadly in adults. I run in memory of Brittany Lambert who died at 13 of myelodisplasia, Tom's nephew Bobby who died just before his second birthday from a brain tumor, and in honor of Amber DaRosa who has successfully completed treatment for leukemia several years ago.

So much more work to be done...