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With the advancement of new treatments for childhood cancer, 85% of individuals who had childhood cancer now survive 5 years or more. This is an increase from the mid-1970s where only 58% of children with childhood cancer survived 5 years or more. [48]
Wipe Out Kids' Cancer [1] (WOKC) is a non-profit, volunteer organization based in Dallas, Texas.It has raised funds and advocated for children with cancer since 1980. In 2018, Wipe Out Kids' Cancer announced former Texas A&M football player Luke Laufenberg as their 33rd annual Honorary Race Chair & Founding Member of the WOKC Youth Advisory Council.
The Imus Ranch was a working cattle ranch of nearly 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) located in Ribera, New Mexico, 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Santa Fe. [1] Between 1998–2014, it was the site of a non-profit charitable program for seriously ill children, founded by long-time radio personality Don Imus and his wife, Deirdre.
Over a 45-years span — between 1975 and 2020 — improvements in cancer screenings and prevention strategies have reduced deaths from five common cancers more than any advances in treatments ...
A new 22-year analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that there were dramatic increases in colorectal cancers in kids between 1999 and 2020. The researchers ...
The 5-year survival rate for children with leukemia is 83.6% in the USA. This means that 83.6% of children diagnosed with leukemia live for 5 years or more after their diagnosis. This is greatly improved from a 5-year survival rate of 36.5% in 1975. The improvement is largely attributed to advances in therapy, particularly therapy for ALL.
After I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in late 2022 and began researching how to tell my children, I felt like the internet and social workers were reading me bad fortune cookie one ...
A Lion in the House is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert [1] that explores the impact of childhood cancer on five different families throughout the span of six years in Ohio. [1]