RMH HISTORY
PEDIATRIC CANCER
TYPES OF CANCERS
AB
TREATMENTS
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WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE ORIGINAL RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FOUNDED?

WHERE IS PHILADELPHIA, PA 1974.

100

1 IN _ _ _ CHILDREN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BEFORE THEIR 2OTH BIRTHDAY.

WHAT IS 285?

100

WHAT IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON CANCER IN CHILDREN?

WHAT ARE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD TUMORS?

100

WHAT DOES AB STAND FOR? 

WHAT DO WE DO?

ALTERNATIVE BREAKS

PROVIDE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ON BREAKS.

100

A DRUG TREATMENT THAT USES POWERFUL CHEMICALS TO KILL FAST-GROWING CELLS IN YOUR BODY.

WHAT IS CHEMOTHERAPY?

200

WHO FOUNDED THE RMH? (YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SAY HER NAME, JUST HER JOB)

WHO IS PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGIST, DR. AUDREY EVANS?

200

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AGE FOR CHILDREN TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER?

WHAT IS 8?

200

THESE ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS CANCER.

1. PAIN IN THE BONES

2. WEAK BONES LEADING TO FRACTURE

3. FATIGUE

4. ANEMIA

WHAT IS OSTEOSARCOMAS?

200

WHAT ARE Z'S AND NEVAEH'S TITLES ON THE AB BOARD?

Z: RECRUITMENT CHAIR

NEVAEH: SITE COODINATOR


200

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN CANCER?

WHAT IS AN ONCOLOGIST?

300

WHAT YEAR WAS THE RMH FAMILY ROOM OPENED? *GREENVILLE, SC*

WHEN IS 2001?

300

EVERY ____ MINUTE A CHILD IS DIAGNOSIS.

WHAT IS 3 MINUTES?

300

AN EYE CANCER THAT BEGINS IN THE BACK OF THE EYE.

WHAT IS RETINAL BLASTOMA?

300

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OFFICE WE OPERATE IN?

WHAT IS THE OFFICE OF LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT?

300

WHAT IS A STEM CELL/BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT USED FOR?

WHAT ARE LEUKIMA, LYMPHOMA, NEUROBLASTOMAS, AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA?

400

HOW MANY FAMILIES HAS THE RMH OF THE CAROLINAS SERVICED?

WHAT IS 12,000.
400

WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CHILDHOOD CANCER DIAGNOSIS?

WHAT IS LEUKEMIA?


400

WHAT IS A NEUROBLASTOMA?

WHAT IS A CANCER THAT STARTS WITH ABNORMAL GROWTH OF IMMATURE NERVE CELLS?

400

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE AB EXPERIENCE?

WHAT IS EDUCATION?

400

TREATMENT OF DISEASE BY ACTIVATING OR SUPPRESSING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

WHAT IS IMMUNOTHERAPY?

500

TO KEEP FAMILIES WITH SICK CHILDREN TOGETHER AND NEAR THE CARE AND _________ THEY NEED.

WHAT ARE RESOURCES?

500

HOW COMMON IS CANCER IN CHILDREN?

WHAT ARE ABOUT 9910 CHILDREN IN THE US WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BEFORE 15. (2023 STATS)

500

WHAT IS A RARE CANCER IN CHILDREN?

WHAT IS LIVER CANCER THAT ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR 1-2% OF ALL CHILDHOOD CANCERS?

500

NAME THREE OF THE EIGHT COMPONENTS OF THE AB EXPERIENCE.

WHAT ARE...

1. STRONG DIRECT SERVICE

2. ALCOHOL AND DRUG-FREE

3. DIVERSITY

4. EDUCATION

5. ORIENTATION

6. TRAINING

7. REFLECTION

8. REORIENTATION

500

WHICH CANCER HAS MORE FUNDING THAN PEDIATRIC CANCER?

WHAT IS BREAST CANCER?

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