Despite medical advances, childhood cancers are the #1 disease killer of children - more than asthma, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy combined. More than 12,000 children in the United States are diagnosed each year and 25% do not survive.

Cancer is affecting the life of a child in your community. On average, one in every four elementary schools has a child with cancer, and each school day, another 46 children are diagnosed with cancer. One out of every 330 children in the U.S. will develop cancer by the age of 30.

There has not been a new drug developed specially for pediatric cancer in nearly 20 years. Cure rates have risen through the collaborative research efforts of The Children's Oncology Group, but additional funds need to be dedicated to research to save the lives of more children.