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Imagine your child fighting for his life, taking massive doses of highly toxic radiation, chemotherapy to kill the cancer in his body before it kills him.

At age five, some kids have won pee-wee sports championships or perhaps a class spelling bee, but for Luke Fochtman of Okemos, Mich., his fifth birthday marked his victory over a much larger foe -- in a life-or-death battle with childhood cancer, Luke has come out on top. "Through 72 weeks of treatment, chemotherapy, 105 fevers, he never said 'no' to us," says Luke's mom Monica Fochtman, 36.

WASHINGTON - 8-year-old Ryan Darby marched right up on a stage in the Capitol Visitor's Center, stood on a ladder and talked about his dream. "Maybe one day, every kid that gets diagnosed with leukemia will beat it, like me." Ryan has beaten leukemia, but one in five kids with cancer do not survive. "There are 13,500 children that are diagnosed with cancer each year.

Imagine your child fighting for his life, taking massive doses of highly toxic radiation and chemotherapy to kill the cancer in his body before it kills him.

Imagine your child fighting for his life, taking massive doses of highly toxic radiation and chemotherapy to kill the cancer in his body before it kills him.

For a parent, there is perhaps no greater fear than that of losing a child, and a childhood cancer diagnosis has the greatest potential to make that possibility a reality.

MYFOXNY.COM - David and Max Plotkin are looking for a cure... for pediatric cancer, that is. Max was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer when he was four years old. Today, Max has been cancer-free for more than two years. David -- who left a lucrative career in finance to focus on his son's recovery-- has created the Max Cure Foundation.