About
Implementation of a welfare community of respect for life and practice of love so that children with leukemia and cancer can fully recover and grow into healthy future heroes
- Full recovery and improvement of quality of life for children with leukemia and childhood cancer
- Realizing the health and welfare of children with cancer in the community through respect for life and practice sharing
- Raising social awareness of leukaemia and childhood cancer
- Strengthen expertise by business entity and establish an integrated and cooperative business system
- Securing expertise in fund raising and business operation and playing a leading role
- Medical support from the perspective of Long Term Care and quality enhancement of welfare services from the life cycle perspective
- Building a community child cancer health and welfare center and a total care support system
- Building a social and economic community of children, children, and children from a self-help perspective
No. 1 cause of childhood death
Child cancer is the number one cause of childhood death in Korea.
A period of social disconnection
After intensive care, a 3 - 6 year maintenance period is required. There's a long-term 'social disconnect period' that patients can't be reached other than home and hospital.
The average duration of treatment is 3 years
For an average of three years, patients have to undergo tough treatments such as high-dose chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and transplant surgery.
The average duration of treatment is 3 years
After treatment, 60-70% experience aftereffects, of which 10-25% have severe aftereffects and need continued help even after the end of cancer treatment.
