About 9,550 children in the United States under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2025. An estimated 1,050 children under the age of 15 are expected to die from cancer in 2025.
In February, ACS CAN volunteers joined other cancer patients, survivors and family members from 40 states and the District of Columbia in the nation’s capital for the 15th Annual Alliance for Childhood Cancer Action Days, a two-day event organized by the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, of which ACS CAN is a member.
Participants asked lawmakers to continue funding the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access and Research (STAR) Act to improve the quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families. They also asked lawmakers to support the Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care ACT, the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act, and the RARE Act. Additionally, they urged Congress to continue to make strong investments in the National Institutes for Health and the National Cancer Institute to help advance discoveries in the fight against childhood cancer.
