Main fundraiser photo

Against metastatic cancer with my little brother

Donation protected

Hello, I am Sara and I’m looking for help for my little brother, Davide. He is 19 and was diagnosticated with cancer (Ewing Sarcoma) at age 17. He underwent chemoterapy for 6 months and had a massive surgery in Zurich to remove part of the tailbone, where the tumor was growing. Since april 2020 he was cancer free, until january 2021 when he had a relapse with a lung metastasys. He did chemo again for 5 cycles, without any results because as usual the cancer gets more aggressive when it comes back. Our best chance right now is a new and very specific drug that is available only in a clinical trial at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the US, where he is admitted in New York but the cost is prohibitive: 300'000 $ as a deposit to cover the first 6 cycles. The first results from the trial are promising, with a 47% response rate to the drug. We are asking for help as a family, and that’s why we want to do a foundraising.

 

Ciao, sono Sara e sono in cerca di aiuto per il mio fratello minore Davide. Lui ha 19 anni e gli è stato diagniosticato il cancro (sarcoma di ewing) a 17 anni. Ha fatto chemioterapia per 6 mesi ed ha avuto un grande intervento chirurgico a zurigo in cui hanno rimosso parte dell’osso sacro, dove il tumore stava sviluppandosi. Da aprile 2020 mio fratello è stato bene di nuovo, fino a gennaio 2021 dove si è manifestata una recidiva con metastasi polmonari. Ha nuovamente iniziato la chemioterapia, altri 5 cicli per circa 4 mesi, senza purtroppo nessun risultato tangibile dato che il tumore diventa più aggressivo quando “ritorna”.La nostra possibilità migliore in questo momento risulta essere un nuovo medicamento specifico che è ora nella fase 2 di un Clinical Trial negli Stati Uniti. Mio fratello può essere ammesso al Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center di New York ma il costo è ovviamente proibitivo: 300'000.--$ come deposito iniziale a copertura delle cure. I primi risultati del Trial sono promettenti, con un 47% di successo con questo nuovo farmaco. Chiediamo quindi a tutti voi un aiuto per la famiglia, e questo è il motivo di questa raccolta fondi.

Hallo, ich bin Sara und suche Unterstützung, um meinem Bruder Davide zu helfen. Davide ist gerade 19 Jahre alt geworden. Vor 2 Jahren wurde bei ihm ein Ewnig-Sarkom diagnostiziert, und seit September 2019 musste er sich mehreren Chemotherapien und einer großen Operation unterziehen, um den Tumor zu bekämpfen. Leider kehrte der Tumor zurück, und mehrere Chemotherapien waren unwirksam. Er versucht nun, an einer klinischen Studie in den Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in den USA teilzunehmen, in der ein neues, sehr spezifisches Medikament getestet wird. Aber das Studium kostet rund 300'000 Franken, was für unsere Familie viel Geld ist, und wird von der Krankenkasse nicht übernommen. Ich bin seine Schwester und möchte meiner Familie helfen, indem ich finanzielle Unterstützung suche.

For more information about the trial and the cancer center 


Positivity grows when we look just a little bit closer. 

Thank you 



And all of a sudden you find yourself there, with the sweat in your eyes, holding it in your hand. You think you have been fighting so much, and you did it. You are proud of you, because you gave everything you could in order to reach your goal. You were there, alive, with attention, devotion and you made it. You made it. 
Now, the only thing that you can do is finding a knew cheering crowd, new people, new support, knew hands that will trying to reach you until the end of the road. You just need a knew public. 

Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • CHF190 
    • 3 yrs

Organizer

Sara Leonelli
Organizer
Zürich

Your easy, powerful, and trusted home for help

  • Easy

    Donate quickly and easily.

  • Powerful

    Send help right to the people and causes you care about.

  • Trusted

    Your donation is protected by the  GoFundMe Giving Guarantee.