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About Childhood Cancer |
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Facts About Childhood Cancer
- Cancer is the number one disease responsible
for the death of children, and it is the leading cause of
non-accidental death in children.
- In Canada, approximately 1,400 children
are diagnosed with cancer each year.
- Almost 10,000 are already living with
some aspect of cancer or its long-term effects.
- The treatment and cure for these children
is a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week process requiring specialized
care.
- The odds of winning the battle against
childhood cancers are getting better for each patient.
The use of various types of treatment including:
surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy (including the
use of more intensive treatment regimes), have produced dramatic
increases in survival rates. But, certain types of childhood
cancer have not yet yielded to research and there are still
many children who don't survive.
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