New statistics about childhood cancer

I found these statistics about childhood cancer the other day and coming from a mom who's child had cancer I knew that there was a great need for research but some of these statistics shocked me.  

• Number o children who will get cancer: 1 in 300 with that going up at least 4-6% every year
• Number of children who will not survive: 1 in 4
• Number of children diagnosed with cancer every day: 46 
• Number oc children who die from cancer every day: 7
• Number of children currently fighting cancer: 35,000
• Number of new drugs developed for childhood cancer in the past 25 years: 1 (yikes!)
• The only age group with declining survival rates: 15-22 year olds
• Percentage of cancer research money spent on childhood cancers: 3% (ouch!)
• Age group (other than 70+) with the highest cancer fatality rate: Teenagers
• Age group with the most advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis: Teenagers
• Age group with the highest number of life long chemo side effects: 15-22 year olds
• The most under represented age group in clinical trials: 15-19 year olds

Won't you help me bring awareness to childhood cancer by visiting Beads of Hope®.

Together with your purchases and spreading the word we can be one step closer to providing the funding neccessary for childhood cancer research

Until there is a cure,

Staci

www.beadsofhope.com

Bringing awareness to childhood cancer everyday ™

New Earrings

Check out our new earrings. You can only do so much on Father's day so I created these Sterling Silver and Swarovski Earrings to pass the time. Let me know what you think. You can purchase them on our website Click here.

Till next time. Happy Shopping,

Staci

http://www.beadsofhope.com/

Bringing Awareness to Childhood Cancer (tm)