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"All
you rich rock stars out there: get off your butts!" yelled Roger Daltrey,
lead singer of the Who, to today's packed lunchtime house at the
National Press Club in Washington, D.C. However, the only other wealthy rocker
in the room happened to be Daltrey's bandmate, Pete Townshend; the two were on
hand to raise awareness for Who Cares: Teen Cancer America,
the U.S. extension program of their two-decade-old UK effort, Teenage Cancer
Trust.
Daltrey
and Townshend joined teen cancer survivors and medical professionals on Monday
to kick off Who Cares, and Daltrey was vocal about his cause. The initiative
joins with hospitals to create facilities and support programs for cancer
patients ages 13 to 24; as Daltrey explained to the audience, the organization
began 22 years ago after he learned of a "huge gap in the health system"
that offered no clinical recognition to teenage and young-adult cancer
patients. All too often, they are recognized and treated insufficiently as
either pediatrics or adults. However, as Daltrey noted, teenagers often suffer
the most aggressive and rarest forms of cancers and are diagnosed later.
At
the luncheon, Daltrey spoke passionately of Who Cares, which relies solely on
charitable donations; he explained from the stage that the trust aims to
provide age-appropriate treatment in the right environments. It creates
communities within hospitals to offer patients and their families built-in
support groups to "unload some of the terror in their hearts." He
emphasized that six teenagers are diagnosed with some form of cancer every day
and that Who Cares attempts to share that burden; its first U.S. facility, the
UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Zone, has treated 16 patients since
its establishment in California one year ago. Who Cares is also working with
Duke Children's Hospital at Duke University in North Carolina.
"All you rich rock stars out there: get off your butts!" yelled Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the Who,
to today's packed lunchtime house at the National Press Club in
Washington, D.C. However, the only other wealthy rocker in the room
happened to be Daltrey's bandmate, Pete Townshend; the two were on hand
to raise awareness for Who Cares: Teen Cancer America, the U.S. extension program of their two-decade-old UK effort, Teenage Cancer Trust.
Daltrey and Townshend joined teen cancer survivors and medical
professionals on Monday to kick off Who Cares, and Daltrey was vocal
about his cause. The initiative joins with hospitals to create
facilities and support programs for cancer patients ages 13 to 24; as
Daltrey explained to the audience, the organization began 22 years ago
after he learned of a "huge gap in the health system" that offered no
clinical recognition to teenage and young-adult cancer patients. All too
often, they are recognized and treated insufficiently as either
pediatrics or adults. However, as Daltrey noted, teenagers often suffer
the most aggressive and rarest forms of cancers and are diagnosed later.
At the luncheon, Daltrey spoke passionately of Who Cares, which
relies solely on charitable donations; he explained from the stage that
the trust aims to provide age-appropriate treatment in the right
environments. It creates communities within hospitals to offer patients
and their families built-in support groups to "unload some of the terror
in their hearts." He emphasized that six teenagers are diagnosed with
some form of cancer every day and that Who Cares attempts to share that
burden; its first U.S. facility, the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen and
Young Adult Zone, has treated 16 patients since its establishment in
California one year ago. Who Cares is also working with Duke Children's
Hospital at Duke University in North Carolina.
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"All you rich rock stars out there: get off your butts!" yelled Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the Who,
to today's packed lunchtime house at the National Press Club in
Washington, D.C. However, the only other wealthy rocker in the room
happened to be Daltrey's bandmate, Pete Townshend; the two were on hand
to raise awareness for Who Cares: Teen Cancer America, the U.S. extension program of their two-decade-old UK effort, Teenage Cancer Trust.
Daltrey and Townshend joined teen cancer survivors and medical
professionals on Monday to kick off Who Cares, and Daltrey was vocal
about his cause. The initiative joins with hospitals to create
facilities and support programs for cancer patients ages 13 to 24; as
Daltrey explained to the audience, the organization began 22 years ago
after he learned of a "huge gap in the health system" that offered no
clinical recognition to teenage and young-adult cancer patients. All too
often, they are recognized and treated insufficiently as either
pediatrics or adults. However, as Daltrey noted, teenagers often suffer
the most aggressive and rarest forms of cancers and are diagnosed later.
At the luncheon, Daltrey spoke passionately of Who Cares, which
relies solely on charitable donations; he explained from the stage that
the trust aims to provide age-appropriate treatment in the right
environments. It creates communities within hospitals to offer patients
and their families built-in support groups to "unload some of the terror
in their hearts." He emphasized that six teenagers are diagnosed with
some form of cancer every day and that Who Cares attempts to share that
burden; its first U.S. facility, the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen and
Young Adult Zone, has treated 16 patients since its establishment in
California one year ago. Who Cares is also working with Duke Children's
Hospital at Duke University in North Carolina.
Read more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-whos-roger-daltrey-and-pete-townshend-rally-for-teenage-cancer-trust-in-washington-d-c-20121112#ixzz2CsJPyjpu
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