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Childhood Cancer Statistics:
- Childhood cancer is defined as anyone who is diagnosed up to the age of 25
- Childhood cancer takes an average of 8,000 lives under the age of 15 annually
- Approximately 40,000 children in the United States are battling cancer right now
- Every 3 1/2 minutes another child is being diagnosed with cancer, that's 46 children EVERY day!!
- Cancer is the #1 disease related killer of children, killing more children a year than Pediatric AIDS, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, and Diabetes COMBINED!!!
- Seven Children lose their battle with cancer EVERY DAY
- Since 1980 there has only been TWO new medications approved for childhood cancer. Where as over THREE DOZEN new medications have been approved for adult cancers since then.
- The average age of a child that dies of cancer is 8 years old
- On average every high school in the United States has two students who are either current or former cancer patients
- The cause of most childhood cancers are unknown and at present cannot be prevented. Where as most adult cancers result from lifestyle choices such as smoking, diet, and occupation.
- Of the National Cancer Institutes $4.6 billion dollar budget for research, Breast Cancer receives 12%, Prostate Cancer receives 7%, and ALL 12 MAJOR TYPES OF CHILDHOOD CANCER RECEIVES LESS THAN 4%!!
I'm sorry, but your child has cancer. These are the dreaded words that no family ever wants to hear, but sadly 46 families hear these words every day. Danielle knows first hand what children that are battling cancer are going through, as she is a stage 5 childhood cancer survivor. When she was diagnosed, she was given a less than 3% chance of survival. Her family knows first hand what it is like to sit in a hospital and wonder if a cure is ever going to come. That is why Danielle is partnering with Children's Cancer Research Fund, and spreading her message of "Have you been told about the Gold?" Children's Cancer Research Fund is based out of the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, and invests in lifesaving, leading-edge research in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of childhood cancers. In fact, it took Children's Cancer Research Fund less than 10 months to develop, and manufacture a brain tumor vaccine that is currently in clinical trials. To learn more about how this vaccine is helping to save lives, please visit the "links" page. Children's Cancer Research Fund is also special in the fact that it also supports educational and outreach programs. One of these programs is called "sibshops", which is a place for siblings of cancer patients to go while at the hospital. Danielle works tirelessly with Children's Cancer Research Fund to be an advocate and raise money for childhood cancer research. Danielle is an Official Spokesperson for Children's Cancer Research Fund. With 30 years of personal experience with childhood cancer, Danielle has made it her mission in life to be an advocate for childhood cancer. There are approximately 40,000 children battling cancer right now, and sadly about 8,000 of those children will lose their battle and receive their angel wings this year. What if your child was diagnosed with cancer? What would you do? Every child deserves a future, so please visit Children's Cancer Research Funds website at www.childrenscancer.org there you can learn about how to donate money for research, or on how to attend one of their upcoming events
How are Childhood cancers different from adult cancers?
Childhood cancer is NOT just an adult form of cancer "shrunk down" into a child's body. In most cases childhood cancer forms due to a mutation in the child's genes, that could NOT have been prevented. Where as most adult cancers occur as a result of lifestyle choices, such as smoking, diet, and occupation. Childhood cancers also react to treatment much differently than adult cancers do, as children's bodies still have a lot of growing and maturing left to do. Listed below are numerous different forms of childhood cancer. The most common form of Childhood cancer is leukemia, and is followed by brain tumors. To learn more about each type of cancer, and how it is treated please click on the titles below or visit www.childrenscancer.org
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also known as ALL, is the most common form of leukemia that occurs in children. It is characterized by the presence of too many immature white blood cells in the child's blood and bone marrow. While ALL can occur in adults too, treatment is different for children.
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
AML is the second-most common form of leukemia in children, after acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). AML is primarily a cancer of the bone marrow and lymph nodes. Also called acute nonlymphocytic leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia, it can affect both children and adults.
Brain Tumors
A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells in the brain. These cells come from the supporting structure of the brain. There are several types of supporting cells. The type and name of your child's tumor is based on the type of supporting cell that begins to grow abnormally.
Wilm's Tumor/Nephroblastoma
If a child has cancer of the kidney it is most likely something called Wilms tumor. Wilms tumor accounts for 95 percent of kidney and renal cancers in children under the age of 14. Also called "nephroblastoma," Wilms tumor is a mass of cancer cells that grow in kidney tissue.
Rhabdomyosarcoma
This is the most common soft tissue malignant tumor in children. It can arise in any muscle in the body, but is most common in the head and neck area as well as the area of the pelvis.
Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is a cancer of the nerve tissues that is most often found in children under 5 years old. In 70 percent of cases, neuroblastoma starts in the adrenal gland, located in the abdomen. Other growth sites it favors in the early stages are nerve tissue of the neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis and near the spine.
Retinoblastoma
Thirty to 40 percent of retinoblastoma cases are hereditary retinoblastoma. It can be found in one or both eyes, and is usually found in younger children. When the disease is found in both eyes, it is always the hereditary form.
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
In Hodgkin's disease, a certain kind of cell — called the Reed-Sternberg cell — begins to reproduce uncontrollably. It is the overabundance of this specific kind of cell that distinguishes Hodgkin's lymphomas from non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a family of tumors that originates in the lymph system. Because lymph tissue is found throughout the body, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can start almost anywhere - and spread to almost any organ, including the liver, spleen and bone marrow.
Juvenile Mylemonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, or JMML, is a cancer of the blood. It occurs when too many immature white blood cells, called "myelocytes" and "monocytes," are made in the bone marrow. They eventually crowd out the healthy, normal cells that belong in the bone marrow.
Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma is a cancer that grows from bone cells. While many different cancers end up spreading to the bone by traveling there from other parts of the body, osteosarcoma begins in the bone. It causes malignant tumors which weaken the bone.
Ewing Sarcoma
Ewing sarcoma is a cancerous tumor of the bones or soft tissue. It comes from a family of cancers all caused by the same type of stem cell. The disease usually strikes younger patients, between 5 and 30 years of age.
Hepatoblastoma
Childhood liver cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells form in the tissue of the liver. There are two main types of childhood liver cancer, hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Germ Cell Tumors (GCTs)
Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are masses of tissue formed by the type of immature cells which, in a healthy body, would develop into mature eggs (in a female) or sperm (in a male). Germ cell tumors may develop in the brain, the testes, the ovaries, or elsewhere in the body.