Childhood Cancer Facts
- In the U.S., one in five children diagnosed with cancer will not survive.
- Childhood
cancer kills more children than any other disease – more than AIDS, asthma,
diabetes, cystic fibrosis and congenital anomalies, combined.
- Two-thirds
of childhood cancer patients will have a long lasting chronic condition from
the very treatment that helped save their lives.
- Worldwide,
a child is diagnosed with cancer every 3.5 minutes.
- In the U.S., one in five children diagnosed with cancer will not survive.
- Childhood cancer kills more children than any other disease – more than AIDS, asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and congenital anomalies, combined.
- Two-thirds of childhood cancer patients will have a long lasting chronic condition from the very treatment that helped save their lives.
- Worldwide, a child is diagnosed with cancer every 3.5 minutes.
