<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/digest/issue-02/07-21-26-cancer-survivor-celebration.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>07/21/2026 10:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Celebrating our Downstate Cancer Survivors</title><sub-title/><description>On Sunday, June 7, Downstate's Department of Pediatrics and the Child Life Center, under the leadership of Lisa Smith, proudly welcomed pediatric cancer survivors and their families back for a long-awaited Cancer Survivor Celebration. It was the first such celebration since before the pandemic, bringing families together again after a six-year hiatus.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/digest/_images/cancer-survivor-celebration-sign.jpg" alt="sign on fence reading National Cancer Survivors Day"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/digest/issue-02/07-21-26-cancer-survivor-celebration.xml</loc><categories/></item>