ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOUNDATION

        The impetus of setting up a Childhood Cancer Foundation was motivated by a study entitled "The Impact of Childhood Cancer on the Chinese Family". The study was sponsored by the National Science Council of the Republic of China in 1981 indicated the tremendous impact of childhood cancer on the family and called for setting up a childhood cancer foundation in order to render assistance to children with cancer and their families. In response to and encouraged by Dr. I. Martinson, Dr. K. S. Lin, Pediatric oncologist, Dr. C. H. Lee, professor of Pediatrics, Dr. Y. M.(Yu) Chao, professor of Nursing, and Dr. Y. C. Chen, professor of Nursing, at National Taiwan University took the initiative in organizing such a foundation. With the support from people at various levels of community, the Childhood Cancer Foundation of the Republic of China was formally established in 1982.