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Childhood Cancer Facts

One in 330 children will develop cancer by age 20

The cause of most childhood cancers are unknown and at present, cannot be prevented.

On the average, 12,500 children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year nearly 350 per day 

Cancer in childhood occurs regularly, randomly, and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region.

Childhood Cancers are cancers that primarily affect children, teens, and young adults. When cancer strikes children and young adults it affects them differently than it would an adult.

Childhood cancers are the #1 disease killer of children - more than asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and pediatric AIDS combined.

On average a treatment for childhood cancer diagnosis is two years

Cancer treatment can cause serious side effects that may last a lifetime 

Research on the emotional impact of childhood cancer finds that parents and siblings report even greater long term emotional impacts than the diagnosed child

Today, up to 70% of the children with cancer can be cured, yet, some forms of childhood cancers have proven so resistant to treatment that, in spite of research, a cure is illusive. 

While the cancer death rate has dropped more dramatically for children than for any other age group, 2,300 children and teenagers will die each year from cancer.