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Game Over: c*ncer

Game Over: c*ncer

By: Hi Hello Labs Network
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 Through poignant interviews with pediatric cancer survivors, families, medical professionals, and advocates, Game Over: c*ncer sheds light on the realities of childhood cancer. Each episode explores the efforts and advocacy taking place to find more solutions and make changes for this fatal disease. Hope exhibited by these young warriors and their loved ones is also crucial to our message. From discussing the latest research advancements to sharing personal stories of triumph and loss, the show aims to spark meaningful conversations, foster community support, and drive action toward a world free of childhood cancer. Join us in amplifying these voices, raising awareness, and standing in solidarity with these tiny champs and their families.Copyright Hi Hello Labs Network Economics Management Management & Leadership
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  • 37. Defeating DIPG: A conversation with ChadTough's co-founder, Tammi Carr

    37. Defeating DIPG: A conversation with ChadTough's co-founder, Tammi Carr
    Oct 7 2025
    In this episode of the Game Over: c*ncer, hosts Val Solomon and Dana Nichols, sit down with Tammi Carr, co-founder of the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation. Tammi shares the story of her son Chad, her family’s fight against DIPG, and how powerful collaboration across families, foundations, and researchers is accelerating progress.

    You will hear:
    • How Chad’s legacy inspired a movement that now fuels millions in research each year
    • Why joining forces with partner families and merging organizations created real momentum
    • What recent progress means for DIPG treatment and why speed still matters for kids today
    • How cuts to federal research funding impact pediatric cancer labs and what we can do together
    This conversation is a candid look at grief turned into action, and at the collective will it takes to create options for kids with brain tumors.

    If you have a question we did not cover, drop it in the comments. Let’s keep the conversation going.

    Learn more and support our guest at: https://www.chadtough.org


    If this conversation moves you, please like, comment, and share to help us educate for change. Leaving a review helps more families find tangible hope.

    Tune in to hear this inspiring and informative conversation. Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and join the fight to make Game Over: c*ncer a reality.

    Connect with Dana: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaknichols/
    Connect with Val: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-solomon/

    Upcoming Ckc Events: https://cannonballkidscancer.org/category/make-an-impact/events/

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    Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs: Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/
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    31 mins
  • 36. Cancer and Identity: Lily Bakour’s Authentic Journey Through Survivorship

    36. Cancer and Identity: Lily Bakour’s Authentic Journey Through Survivorship
    Sep 23 2025
    In this survivor spotlight, hosts Val and Dana sit down with Lily Bakour — a two-time childhood cancer survivor, advocate, and longtime CKc partner.

    At 15, Lily faced surgery, traditional chemo, and radiation. After relapse, an immunotherapy clinical trial helped her reach remission. Today, she opens up about survivorship with honesty and hope: processing survivor’s guilt, reclaiming your story on the internet, healing long-term treatment effects, and choosing calm, strength, and community.

    This conversation is a reminder that every survivor story is unique and deeply human. If you care about innovation in pediatric cancer and tangible hope for families, you are in the right place.

    What you’ll hear:
    • Lily’s diagnosis, relapse, and the immunotherapy trial that worked
    • Surviving adolescence, high school, and adulthood milestones while fighting cancer
    • Survivor’s guilt, identity, and setting boundaries around your story online
    • Healing from long-term effects and rebuilding health and routine
    • Why community action and research funding change outcomes for kids
    Why it matters: Cannonball Kids’ c*ncer Foundation (CKc) funds bold pediatric cancer research to create innovative treatment options, reduce toxicity, and improve long-term quality of life for children who grow up to be adults like Lily.

    If this conversation moves you, please like, comment, and share to help us educate for change. Leaving a review helps more families find tangible hope.

    Tune in to hear this inspiring and informative conversation. Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and join the fight to make Game Over: c*ncer a reality.

    Connect with Dana: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaknichols/
    Connect with Val: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-solomon/

    Upcoming Ckc Events: https://cannonballkidscancer.org/category/make-an-impact/events/

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    Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs: Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/
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    31 mins
  • 35. From Cancer to Curiosity: Andy Albert's Inspiring Survivorship Story

    35. From Cancer to Curiosity: Andy Albert's Inspiring Survivorship Story
    Sep 9 2025
    In this inspiring episode, hosts Dana and Val from Cannonball Kids’ c*ncer sit down with Andy Albert, an osteosarcoma survivor and the namesake of CKc’s 2025 clinical trial grant with Dr. Allison O’Neill at Dana-Farber.

    Andy opens up about his diagnosis at age 12, the big decision to have a rotationplasty, becoming his own advocate during treatment, and life now as a curious, science-loving teenager who’s into engineering, Minecraft, F1, fishing, and caring for his family's pet bearded dragon, Rusty.

    You will hear:
    • What osteosarcoma looks like from first symptom to diagnosis
    • Andy’s rotationplasty explained in simple terms and why he chose it
    • How a 12-year-old advocated to change a painful hospital supply and helped other kids
    • “Chemo brain,” going back to school, and learning to run again
    • Minecraft, Jack Black, F1 engineering, and why curiosity matters in survivorship
    • The story behind the Andy Alberts Next Step Clinical Trial Grant and how funding research creates options for kids
    If this conversation moves you, please like, comment, and share to help us educate for change. Leaving a review helps more families find tangible hope.


    Tune in to hear this inspiring and informative conversation. Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and join the fight to make Game Over: c*ncer a reality.

    Connect with Dana: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaknichols/
    Connect with Val: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-solomon/

    Upcoming Ckc Events: https://cannonballkidscancer.org/category/make-an-impact/events/

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    Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs: Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/
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    32 mins
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