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| Quick Facts |
- Childhood cancers are the #1 disease killer of children - more than asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and pediatric AIDS combined.
- Childhood cancer is not single disease, but rather many different types that fall into 12 major categories. Common adult cancers are extremely rare in children, yet many cancers are almost exclusively found in children.
- Childhood cancers are cancers that primarily affect children, teens and young adults. When cancer strikes children and young adults, it affects them differently than it would an adult.
- Attempts to detect childhood cancers at an earlier stage, when the disease would react more favorably to treatment, have largely failed. Young patients often have a more advanced stage of cancer when first diagnosed.
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| Board Members |
| We are privileged to have the following people sit on our board of directors: |
Robert Kapito, President
Donald Garber, Vice President
Steven Braverman, Secretary
Michael Weiner, MD, Treasurer, Founder
Julia Glade Bender, MD
Michael Brown
Marianne Brown
Robert Cudequest
William J. Fox |
Larry Gordon
Michael J. Levitt
Lois McCourt
Robert McCourt
Scott Prince
Sharon Prince
Cheryl Rosen
Richard Rosen |
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