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Why It Matters

The toll pediatric cancer takes on patients and their families is profound. Children must endure painful treatments and lengthy hospital stays while their families cope with unimaginable stress, anxiety and financial strain. Children and their parents will spend months living at the hospital, their lives turned upside down. It is a nightmare for the children, parents and siblings who must face this disease. That is why your generous support of One Mission, and the vital programs and services we fund, matters so much to these precious patients and their families. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of children with cancer.

Pediatric Cancer Facts

Just a few of the facts behind why we need your help:

• In the United States, cancer is the #1 disease-related cause of death of children infant to 19; more than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and pediatric AIDS combined.
• Childhood cancer is not a single disease, but rather many different types that fall into 12 major categories.
• Each year in the U.S., approximately 12,500 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer; 20% of them will not survive.
• Childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region.
• For every six research dollars per patient with AIDS, and every one research dollar per patient with breast cancer; a child with cancer receives just 30 cents.
• One in every 330 Americans will develop cancer by the age of 20.
• The cause of most childhood cancers are unknown and at present, cannot be prevented. Most adult cancers result from lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet, occupation and other exposure to cancer-causing agents.
• Young patients often have a more advanced stage of cancer when first diagnosed. Approximately 20% of adults with cancer show evidence the disease has spread; yet at the time of diagnosis almost 80% of children show that the cancer has spread to distant sites.
• Research has led to new and better treatments for pediatric cancer. Today, nearly 80% of children diagnosed with cancer become long-term survivors; 50 years ago it was less than 10%.
• Breakthroughs in pediatric cancer not only help children but discoveries also progress the diagnosis and treatment of adult cancers.

*Source: Cure Search and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation

Did You Know?

One in every 330 Americans will develop cancer by the age of 20.*

*Source: Cure Search and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation