Team Luca

I’m dedicating my 86km challenge to someone special to find a cure for childhood cancer. Our son was diagnosed with high risk neuroblastoma in April 2022. He was given a 5-year survival rate of 1 in 2. After 16m of gruelling treatment including five rounds of induction chemotherapy, a 6.5hr tumour resection of the primary tumour, two rounds of high dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplants, 12 fractions of radiotherapy and six rounds of immunotherapy, he remains cancer-free almost a year and a half post treatment. We never take any day for granted anymore and one thing is for certain- without childhood cancer research, he wouldn’t be here with us today. Not a day goes by we don’t think of the children and families we met on this journey who have been affected by childhood cancer including those who are forever in the stars. We will always have a passion and dedication to CCI as they are the only institute in Australia dedicated to childhood cancer research.