About Childhood Cancer
Did
you know?
•
One
in
every
330
Americans
develops
cancer
before
the
age
of
twenty-one.
• On the average, two classrooms full of children
and adolescents, about 46, are diagnosed with cancer
every school day in the United States.
• Childhood cancer
is the #1 disease killer of
children ages 0-20 in the United
States.
• On the average, one in every four elementary
schools has a child with cancer. The average high school
has two students who are current or former cancer patients.
• The causes of most childhood cancers are unknown.
At present, childhood cancer cannot be prevented.
• Childhood cancers affect more potential patient-years
of life than any other cancer except breast and lung
cancer.
• Childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly
and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or
geographic region. In the United States, the incidence
of cancer among adolescents and young adults is increasing
at a greater rate than any other age group, except those
over 65 years.
• Rally Foundation mission is to fund childhood
cancer research through grassroots initiatives find
better treatments with fewer long-term side effects
and cures.
• For every dollar
Rally receives, 93 cents goes
to support all phases of childhood
cancer research according to
our audited financials.
Adult Cancer vs.
Childhood Cancer Chart
"We
have heard it said over and over again about someone
dying of cancer, that they ‘lost their battle,’
but we refuse to see it that way. Cancer may have taken
the life out of Shelby’s body, but it couldn’t
put a dent in her spirit which continues to touch our
lives and the lives of people we may never know. Our
relationships with our families and friends have become
stronger. We have met many new friends that we have
come to love and rely on."
- Bruce Prescott, Shelby's father
Read Bruce Prescott's
Journal Entry about the day he found out Shelby had
cancer.
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