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San Silvestre in the most remote places on the planet with the best of purposes. Not only through the streets of Madrid or so many cities in Spain was this December 31 st. Despite the cold, on Deception Island , located in the South Shetland Islands Archipelago, the Spanish and Argentine military and scientists stationed there participated in their particular test. Also in Bamako the EUTM (Training Mission of the European Union in Mali) or the Spanish military stationed in Iraq. The objective, to make visible the fight against childhood cancer.

Therefore, the members of the Antarctic Campaign, in the Spanish Antarctic Base of the Army of Earth "Gabriel de Castilla" , ran with a light, which should illuminate the research that ends the scourge of childhood cancer. Also in Mali, the multinational training mission of the European Union that is training and advising the Armed Forces of the African country, participated in the race. His motto: "We are going to win this race."

An initiative of the association Cris against cancer (#laluzdelainvestigacion). In addition, this Tuesday 31, another special San Silvestre took place in Madrid. The one that left the Hospital of La Paz at 5:00 p.m. and in which the participants, also carrying a light (flashlights, headlights and even the light of their mobiles), showed their commitment against childhood cancer.

Members of the Cris against cancer team that participated in the San Silvestre in Madrid.

Every year about 1,400 new cases of children with cancer in Spain from 0 to 18 years are diagnosed. Despite being a rare disease, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death from illness until age 14 (according to SEHOP). This action also seeks to raise funds for the CRIS Unit for Research and Advanced Therapies in Childhood Cancer at La Paz Hospital in Madrid through the CRIS Solidarios platform: https://solidarios.criscancer.org/fundraisers/crisiluminalasansilvestre

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