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The mission of America's Baby Cancer Foundation (ABCF) is to raise awareness of baby cancer, to provide aid and education for families with children with cancer, and to help fund research for a cure. Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death in children. We focus on birth to early childhood with diagnoses of rare cancers. We call these "baby cancers" - they are evident at birth or diagnosed shortly thereafter - to increase the public's attention and awareness.
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The ABCF was founded in 2000 in Long Beach, California, as Sebastian's Baby Cancer Foundation. It was started by Bernard and Antonia Hicks, following the loss of their child, Sebastian Hicks, at the age of nineteen months.
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Sebastian was born with cancer of the neck and brain, and during his course of treatment, Bernard and Antonia realized the desperate need for research, aid and education for themselves, their son and for other families faced with baby cancer.
In 2002, the organization's name was changed to America's Baby Cancer Foundation to better reflect the expanding geographic reach of the Foundation, and the growing network of families who have suffered like experiences and who are working to build and support this entity.
The foundation is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Tax ID # 95-4843437.
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