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Our cherished little girl, beautiful Lizzy B lost her life on July 5th 2013, 2 days after her 2nd birthday to Neuroblastoma, the wretched cancer she had fought for 6 months. Lizzy had an incredibly rare strain of a very rare and aggressive childhood cancer. This affects around 25% of the 100 children a year who get this disease. She was, staggeringly, 1 of only 15 children in the UK being treated at this level. Sadly, current treatments can be ineffective if a child's tumours have an amplification of the MYC-N gene. After responding incredibly well to her first 10 rounds of chemo, Lizzy completely stopped responding to any UK treatments available and the disease raged through her little body, taking control in a matter of weeks. She lived only 3 weeks after we were told the cancer was deemed no longer curable. In the weeks to follow, a new diagnosis was heard. Lizzy had ultra high risk Neuroblastoma. This refers to a child that does not survive beyond the 1st 6 months. Sadly this diagnosis cannot be applied until after death, because doctors can't predict how each child's tumours will behave. At the moment there are many efforts being made in clinical studies to find treatments to control the gene that causes this, none yet successful. Funds are desperately needed to progress research to the point where other little angels, like our baby, don't have to suffer and die at the hands of what is otherwise a rampant disease. Our cherished little girl, our beautiful Lizzy B lost her life on July 5th 2013, 2 days after her 2nd birthday to Neuroblastoma, the wretched cancer she had fought for 6 months. Lizzy had an incredibly rare strain of a very rare and aggressive childhood cancer. She was diagnosed with stage 4 high risk Neuroblastoma. This affects around 25% of the 100 children a year who get this disease. She was, staggeringly, 1 of only 15 children in the UK being treated at this level. Sadly, current treatments can be ineffective if a child's tumours have an amplification of the MYC-N gene. After responding incredibly well to her first 10 rounds of chemo, Lizzy completely stopped responding to any UK treatments available and the disease raged through her little body, taking control in a matter of weeks. She lived only 3 weeks after we were told the cancer was deemed no longer curable. In the weeks to follow, a new diagnosis was heard. Lizzy had ultra high risk Neuroblastoma. This refers to a child that does not survive beyond the 1st 6 months. Sadly this diagnosis cannot be applied until after death, because doctors can't predict how each child's tumours will behave. At the moment there are many efforts being made in clinical studies to find treatments to control the gene that causes this, none yet successful. Funds are desperately needed to progress research to the point where other little angels, like our baby, don't have to suffer and die at the hands of what is otherwise a rampant disease.