Welcome to my page! My name is Brooke Besikof and I am proud to say as of this Feb 2019 I am one year cancer free! My battle was exhausting, chemotherapy for months, 3 surgeries, weekly blood draws, nightly shots and pills, weakness, losing my hair - it was the hardest time of my life  but I want to now fight harder for others to help fund new less harsh therapies and clinical trials!  I am a Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivor and my friends and family’s support has meant everything to me.   I am honored to participate in the 2019 Students of the Year program, a seven-week initiative in which select high school students from around the country participate in a fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I am proud to be raising critical dollars to fund new therapies and clinical trials!

Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Students of the Year. Our mission is to not only raise the most money but also to bring attention to blood cancers like leukemia, which is the most common form of cancer in children and teens.

Since the early 1960s, five-year survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled. And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are helping patients with other cancers and serious diseases. In fact, drugs first approved for blood cancers are now approved to treat patients with stomach cancers, skin cancers, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.

We really are changing the face of blood cancer!

All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. They'll not only support LLS-funded research but will help provide critical information and support for patients, and support advocacy for laws to ensure patients can access the care and treatments they need.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support!  Love, Brooke 

For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.