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In the US, cancer remains responsible for more deaths from one year
through adolescence than any other disease; more deaths than asthma,
diabetes, cystic fibrosis and AIDS combined.
Forty-Six children, or two classrooms of students, are diagnosed with
cancer every day in the United States.
Approximately 12,500 are diagnosed with cancer each year.
About one is 300 boys and one in 333 girls will develop cancer before the age of 20.
- The incidence of childhood cancer peaks in the first year of life.
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- Leukemias,
tumors of the brain and nervous system, the lymphatic system, kidneys,
bones and muscles are the most common childhood cancers.
1 child out of 5 who is diagnosed with cancer dies.
3 out of 5 children suffer from long-term side effects.
The average age of a child diagnosed with cancer is six years old;
saving the life of a child with cancer gives our children a future;
approximately, 66 years of life's milestones and dreams to celebrate.
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