Overview
- Her family confirmed Thursday morning on her official social accounts that María Caamaño died at age 13 from Ewing sarcoma, which doctors first diagnosed when she was 7.
- The statement thanked supporters and medical teams over 2,392 days of care and pledged to keep pushing research because, they said, without research there is no life.
- Spanish football paid tribute with messages from the national team, Atlético de Madrid, Álvaro Morata, Álex Baena, and Diego Simeone.
- Caamaño founded La Sonrisa de María to raise funds for cancer studies and to help families, and she received the 2024 Castilla y León award for human and social values.
- She received experimental treatment at Madrid’s Niño Jesús Children’s Hospital, and her case drew attention to Ewing sarcoma’s rarity, which affects about 9 to 10 young people per million.