September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Did you know?

Childhood Cancer Facts

* Each school day, 46 children are diagnosed with cancer.

* One in 330 children will develop cancer by age 20.

* Each year in the U.S. over 12,600 children are diagnosed with cancer.

* Although the 5 year survival rate is steadily increasing, one quarter of children diagnosed with cancer will die 5 years from the time of diagnosis.

* Cancer remains the number one disease killer of America's children - more than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Asthma and AIDS combined.

* 80% of children have metastatic disease at time of diagnosis as compared to only 20% of adults.

* There are currently more than 270,000 childhood cancer survivors in the U.S.

* Late effects of childhood cancer treatment are common in survivors, and
approximately one-third are moderate to severe.