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

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

• Although the 5 year survival rate is steadily increasing, one quarter of children 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.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death among children between ages 1 to 14 years in the United States; accidents are the most frequent cause of death in this age group.  
 

The most common cancers in children (aged 1 to 14 years) are leukemia (particularly acute lymphocytic leukemia), brain and other nervous system cancers, soft tissue sarcomas, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and renal (Wilms) tumors. 
 

Over the past 25 years, there have been significant improvements in the 5 year relative survival rate for many childhood cancers.