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childhood cancer facts

   

  • Each year, the parents of approximately 15,780 kids will hear the words “your child has cancer.”


  • Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer.


  • Cancer affects children of all ethnic, gender and socio-economic groups.


  • Treatment for childhood cancer typically lasts several years – more than 40,000 children undergo cancer treatment each year.


  • The incidence of childhood  cancer has increased 24% over the last 40 years (average increase of  0.6% per year since the mid-1970’s).


  • The average age of children diagnosed with cancer is six.


  • Approximately 17% of children with cancer die within 5 years of diagnosis.


  • Among those who survive five years from diagnosis, 18% will die within 30 years of diagnosis.


  • 60% of children who survive cancer suffer late-effects ranging from hearing loss to infertility, heart disease and secondary cancers due to the toxicity of treatment.


  • One in every 530 young adults (age 20 – 39) in the United States is a survivor of childhood cancer.


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


  • Cancer remains the number one  disease killer of America’s children – more than Cystic Fibrosis,  Muscular Dystrophy, Asthma and AIDS combined.


  • Most childhood cancers fall  into one of several specific types. 

DC Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation

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