FACTS ABOUT PEDIATRIC CANCER

 

•  Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease past infancy among children in the United States.

 

• The average age for a child diagnosed with cancer is 6.

 

• ONLY 4% of federal government cancer research funding goes to study pediatric cancer.

 

• Society gives less than 1% of their funds to childhood cancer research.

 

• Since 1980, only three drugs have been approved specifically for childhood cancer.

 

• 1 in every 285 children will be diagnosed with cancer.

 

• 43 children per day are expected to be diagnosed with cancer.

 

• The average cost of a stay in a hospital for a child with cancer is $40,000.