We met sweet little Xavier at Camp Agape Kids’n’Cancer family camp this spring. He is a remarkable little dude who had down syndrome and has overcome leukemia A.L.L. He really enjoyed playing with the bright yellow balloons during his session.

Hematologic malignancies such as leukemia are more common in children with DS. In particular, acute lymphoblastic leukemiais at least 10 times more common in DS and themegakaryoblastic form of acute myelogenous leukemia is at least 50 times more common in DS.