Events included a morning briefing for Media, Members of Congress, and Staff with Pediatric experts and heads of centers and organizations that specialize in childhood cancer. A Gold Ribbon Rally also took place on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol with parents and childhood cancer survivors, followed by an Ice Cream Social later in the day. As heartbreaking as it is to see a child and the family suffer through this, it s equally heartwarming to see so much inspiring courage, and to know that each year, we have more and more survivors, said Kingston. Congress took the time this week to acknowledge these young people and their families, and to put a national spotlight on childhood cancer. Kingston also strongly supports a House Resolution that was just introduced to promote childhood cancer awareness, support public and private investment in childhood cancer research, and to support policies that will result in better treatments for childhood cancer.
Cancer causes more deaths during childhood that any other disease.
One of every 330 persons in the United States will develop cancer before their 20 th birthday. The median age at diagnosis of childhood cancer is six years of age. A diagnosis of childhood cancer places an entire lifetime at risk. Everything now known about curing children of cancer has been learned from research.