•    The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2025, an estimated 9,550 children (ages 0–14) and 5,140 adolescents (ages 15–19) will be diagnosed with cancer in the U.S.

•     Childhood cancer is rare but impactful. About 1 in 285 children will develop cancer before the age of 20.

•     Every day, 41 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer.

•     Leukemia and brain/central nervous system cancers are the most common types of childhood cancer.

•     Survival rates have improved, but challenges remain. Roughly 1 in 5 children diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. will not survive.

•     Childhood cancer is different from adult cancer. While adult cancers are often linked to lifestyle factors like smoking or obesity, childhood cancers usually result from random genetic mutations.

•     Research funding is limited. Childhood cancers receive only a small fraction of federal cancer research funding, meaning donations and awareness campaigns are critical.

•     Children with Down syndrome are 10–20 times more likely to develop leukemia than children without Down syndrome.

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