CAR-T Cell Therapy and Ryken’s Journey

CAR-T cell therapy is a treatment that re-engineers a patient’s cells in order to be able to recognize and attack cancer. Health Canada recently approved the CAR-T cell therapy in Canada. This year, Kids Cancer Care is proud to be a part of the group of people and organizations that helped make Ryken’s CD19 CAR T-cell therapy in Toronto a reality for his family.

Please see some of the coverage on CAR T-cell therapy and kids like Ryken below. (Photos from Calgary Herald.)

CTV Edmonton (Ryken)
Calgary Herald 1 (Ryken)
Calgary Herald 2 (Ryken update)
Global News (CAR T-cell therapy)

What our families are saying

Before cancer, I was reserved and timid, but now look at me! Look at what I have been through and what I know I can do. Kids Cancer Care is helping to shape the person I am today.

- cancer survivor

What our families are saying

Kids Cancer Care has given us another family, one who understands what we are going through, a support system for when we are tired. And it gives us a chance to give back too.

- parent

What our families are saying

Cancer is scary. It changes the way you look at the world and how you feel about yourself. By being with other kids like me, I felt a new normal and I feel like I have a place in this world again.

- camper