Every year, more than 17,000 children in the United States and more than 300,000 worldwide are diagnosed with cancer.

• Incidence rates are increasing every year.
• In the last 25 years, only six drugs have been developed and approved specifically for children.
• Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children.

Unlike many adult cancers, most causes of childhood cancer are unknown and therefore, not preventable. Childhood cancers are quite simply different from adult cancers, and the research that has increased adult survival rates rarely trickles down to help children. CURE only funds research into cancers that affect children!