Close to 75% of children diagnosed with cancer
can ultimately be cured!
Childhood leukemia once was a most
dreaded disease that meant almost certain death for a child diagnosed
with it. Today, thanks to advances in research and medical treatments,
over 80% of childhood leukemia patients survive!
The “rate of survival”
for children with cancer has improved over the years more than
for any other age group due to the successes in pediatric oncology
research!
Even with the amazing progress in
recent years, childhood cancer is responsible for killing more
children and teenagers every year than any other disease!
One person out of every 330 will develop cancer
before age 20!
Each day, 46 children are diagnosed
with cancer.
Although cure rates are steadily
increasing, 35% of children cancer patients will die.
Cancer remains the number one disease
killer of children; more than genetic anomalies, cystic
fibrosis, and AIDS combined.
In 2006 approximately 9,500 new cases of pediatric cancer occurred in children between the ages of infancy through 15.
Among ethnic groups, white children are most likely to develop cancer.
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