Mary was treated for brain cancer at the Cancer Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). CHOP chose Mary to be a Childhood Cancer Awareness Month spokesperson and an ambassador for the Cancer Center's largest annual fundraiser, the Four Seasons Parkway Run & Walk, because she brightens the day of every person she meets.
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Mary, 4, Brain Tumor
Mary: The people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down. The people on the bus go up and down, all through the town.
Photographer: I want to see those beautiful eyes right in the camera. Good job.
Mary's Mother: Mary had surgery here at CHOP to have a brain tumor removed.
Mary: I had some icky stuff inside me.
Interviewer: And what happened to it?
Mary: And now they took it all out.
Mary's Mother: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is amazing. We need money for research. Run for my daughter. Run for all of us.
Topics Covered: Pediatric Brain Tumors
Related Centers and Programs: Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program, Cancer Center