{"id":13378,"date":"2017-10-03T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/?p=13378"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:38:13","slug":"family-dentist-arlington-heights-going-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/03\/family-dentist-arlington-heights-going-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Family Dentist in Arlington Heights is Going Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21432774_1678418252169707_7701420178289902762_n-300x300.png\" alt=\"Going Gold\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21432774_1678418252169707_7701420178289902762_n-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21432774_1678418252169707_7701420178289902762_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21432774_1678418252169707_7701420178289902762_n.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>One of the most tragic things in the world is to have a child who has been diagnosed with cancer.<\/strong> September is actually Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, so your family dentist in Arlington Heights decided to have a fundraiser in order to donate money to the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children\u2019s Hospital. For every \u201clike\u201d on our Facebook page, we would donate $1, and for every \u201cshare,\u201d we would donate $5. We did this for the entire month of September, and thanks to our wonderful patients (and some help from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/peter-kics-dds.html\">Dr. Kics<\/a>), <strong>we were able to donate $1,000 to UC Comer\u2019s in order to help fund their continual research into innovative cures and treatments for all children\u2019s cancers.<\/strong> We\u2019re so happy that our patients found it in their hearts to support this cause, and it truly brought them and our team together.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of this past September, we\u2019ve decided to share a few facts about children\u2019s cancer and how you can help put a stop to it today.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Childhood Cancer Statistics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/curesearch.org\/childhood-cancer-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Approximately 15,700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curesearch.org\/childhood-cancer-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13382 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/file2-1-e1507736077804-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"going gold 3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/file2-1-e1507736077804-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/file2-1-e1507736077804-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>That averages out to about 43 children per day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1 out of 8 children with cancer will not survive.<\/li>\n<li>The number 1 cause of death by disease in children is cancer<\/li>\n<li>In the last 20 years, only 3 cancer treatments have been specifically developed and approved for children.<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s cancer impacts all ethnic, gender, and socio-economic groups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The average age of children with cancer is 6.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>More than 40,000 children receive cancer treatment each year.<\/li>\n<li>60% of children who survive cancer actually suffer from lasting effects such as infertility, heart failure, and even secondary cancers.<\/li>\n<li>Today, there are approximately 375,000 adult survivors of childhood cancer in the U.S, which is about 1 in 530 adults aged 20-39.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How You Can Help<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/goinggold2-e1507735892563-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Going gold 3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/goinggold2-e1507735892563-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.westgatedentalcare.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/goinggold2-e1507735892563-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Research for UC Comer\u2019s is actually a cause very near and dear to us. Our patient, survivor and hero Theo Yianas received life-saving treatment for neuroblastoma from the phenomenal team at Comer\u2019s, and he has now been cancer-free for 5 years strong! Our hunch is that Theo, being the excellent student that he is, will one day contribute to finding a cure so that no child or family will need to suffer again.<\/p>\n<p>This was our second year donating to childhood cancer research, and due to the success of both campaigns, we plan on running this fundraiser every September from now on.<\/p>\n<p>If you helped contribute to this fundraiser in any way, Westgate Dental Care would like to offer a deep and sincere <strong>thank you.<\/strong> Your effort, no matter how small, will help provide hope for those families who need it the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you would like to help families who have children with cancer and bring about more stories like Theo\u2019s, you can donate to UC Comer\u2019s by clicking on this link.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most tragic things in the world is to have a child who has been diagnosed with cancer. 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