BOP Kids Race

Know The Facts:

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

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

Ø Each child in the U.S. diagnosed with cancer receives approximately one sixth of the federal research support allocated to each patient afflicted with AIDS. Yet in 2004, 48 new cases of pediatric AIDS were diagnosed versus more than 12,000 pediatric cancer cases.

Ø The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) funded research portfolio on 2009 was $3.1 billion. Of that, breast cancer received 22%, prostate cancer received 11%, and all 12 major groups of pediatric cancers, combined received less than 3%.

Ø Cancer accounts for the greatest number of disease deaths of children in the United States and kills more children per year than cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, asthma and AIDS combined.

Ø Although the 5 year survival rate is steadily increasing, one quarter of children will die 5 years from the time of diagnosis.

For even more information or to learn how you can help continue the fight against neuroblastoma, visit Band of Parents.

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