In recognition of the fact that 300,000+ children and adolescents around the world are diagnosed with cancer each year, September has been designated as the month for raising awareness of childhood cancer and funds for treatment and research.
Supporters often wear a gold ribbon — the colour representing childhood cancers. Unlike other cancer awareness ribbons, which focus on a single type of cancer, the gold ribbon is a symbol for all forms of cancer affecting children and adolescents.
STEP-BY-STEP-TEMBRE
Sian Bradwell - 14 months old
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
CHILDHOOD CANCER FACTS:
- In Canada, childhood cancer remains responsible for more deaths
than any other disease of children from the age of one year through
adolescence; - There are about 10,000 children living with cancer in Canada today;
- Each year, about 1500 cases are diagnosed;
- Because of advances in therapy, 78% of these children will survive 5 years
beyond their initial treatment, an increase of almost 46% since the 1960s; - In the early 1950s, less than 10 percent of childhood cancer patients could be cured;
- Leukaemias, tumours of the brain, nervous/lymphatic system, kidneys, and cancers of the bones and muscles are the most common forms of childhood cancer;
- Approximately half of children’s cancers were diagnosed in children under the age of five.
Please join IWK's efforts to support childhood cancer research and treatment.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACIOUS DONATIONS!
