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All of the funds raised through the sale of numbers will be allocated to the research project Recaída 0: Mathematics against childhood leukemia, published by the Precipita crowdfunding platform of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT).
The University of Cádiz, in collaboration with the Hospital de Jerez, is investigating in this project that aims to prevent relapse of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
On Sunday, March 11 at 10:30 am, the First Solidarity March Against Childhood Leukemia organized by the City of Cartagena and the La Loma de Canteras Neighborhood Association will begin in the Plaza de España in Cartagena.
All of the funds raised through the sale of numbers already have more than 1,200 sold will go to the research project Recaida 0: Mathematics against childhood leukemia.
This project is published on the Precipita crowdfunding platform (www.precipita.es) of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and can receive donations until April 9.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a type of blood cancer in which excessive amounts of immature lymphocytes (lymphoblasts) are produced and of which there are more than 1,600 new cases every year in Spain.
The first cases of leukemia were described in 1827, but until 1947 a drug was not obtained that achieved a temporary remission in these children, who died in one or two months without treatment.
Today, scientific progress has allowed a survival of more than 80%.
However, although this percentage of survival is very high for a tumor disease, 20% die, being the most frequent cause of cancer death in childhood.
Solidarity March
The march will have two routes, one of 9 km and another of 3.5 km, and the price of the numbers is 3 euros.
In addition, there is a 'Dorsal 0' for those who wish to make a donation of 3, 5, 10 or 20 euros without having to participate in the march.
The inscriptions can be done on the website www.lineadesalida.net.
Parallel to the march other activities have been organized such as a draw, a solidarity bar and a children's area with inflatables.
The research project Recaída 0: Mathematics against childhood leukemia aims to improve the risk classification of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia by means of mathematical algorithms in order to anticipate resistance to treatment and prevent relapse.
The research is being developed at the University of Cádiz in collaboration with the Hospital de Jerez de la Frontera and the Mathematical Oncology Laboratory - University of Castilla-La Mancha.
The results obtained from this project could also benefit patients suffering from another type of leukemia since, in the future, this new methodology is expected to be applied to other studies.
Source: Agencias
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