September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Do something about it! Now would be a good time to donate blood in honour of Luis and/or support organizations like POGO, ChildCan or Ronald McDonald House.
1) Donate blood through Canadian Blood Services
2) Support the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO)
3) Support ChildCan
4) Support the Southwestern Ronald McDonald House
Stats
- Childhood cancers differ from adult cancers. Adults are most affected by breast, lung, prostate, bowel and bladder cancers. Children are most affected by acute leukemia, tumours of the brain and nervous system, the lymphatic system, kidneys, bones and muscles.
- Unlike adult cancers, the causes of most childhood cancers are still unknown and are not linked to lifestyle and environmental risk factors.The incidence of childhood cancer is highest in the first five years of life, between ages zero to four years old.
- Despite advances in research, sixty per cent of children who survive cancer live with permanent side effects, which may include but are not limited to deafness, blindness, growth issues, motor impairments, cognitive difficulties, heart, kidney and fertility issues, psychological, neurological and endocrine disorders.
- Lymphoma (11 percent) is the third most common cancer in children.
- In children 0 to 14 years of age, the five-year relative survival for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) is 82%. This represents a significant improvement in the rate of recovery. As recently as 30 years ago, most children with NHL did not live five years after diagnosis.
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