Neuroblastoma, a cancer that is typically found in children age 5 or younger, most often forms in adrenal glands, but can also be found in the neck, chest or spinal cord.
"If this photograph only serves as a purpose to make people think twice about this evil and put into perspective what it does to a child then it has achieved its purpose," her father wrote. "Research needs to be done, cures need to be found, too long now has this been allowed to happen.
"Please I beg of you, as a heartbroken father, it is too late for my daughter, but childhood cancer needs to be cured. No family should have to go through this hell.