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Show Caeicer 2nd Off Youths Next to accidents, cancer is the biggest cause of deaths among children under 16. Though the prevalence of cancer among children is very small compared with adults it remains a serious medical problem for families that are affected. CONSIDERABLE progress has been made in the treatment treat-ment of the childhood cancer. The death rate from acute leukemia, kidney, bone, brain and lymph cancers, as well as Hodgkins, among children has declined steadily in the last 20 years. Perhaps the most dramatic example of what can be accomplished ac-complished by cancer research is in the attack against acute leukemia among children. This is the most widespread type of cancer affecting youngsters. SOME 15 years ago the average survival time for children with leukemia was about three months. Today, 50 percent of all children treated with modern combined chemotherapy are alive and well five years after such treatment. The teamwork available at well-equipped institutions, where various types of specialists combine their efforts, ef-forts, makes this possible. It is therefore not surprising to find that the American Cancer Society spends about $5,000,000 a year on leukemia-related research. THE American Cancer Society has also developed a program of counseling and help for families where cancer strikes, in order to help families cope with the profound psychological and social problems that affect them. When a volunteer of the American Cancer Society visits your home or leaves an envelope and a leaflet under your door, bear in mind the efforts that have gone into the fight against childhood cancer. Your generous contribution con-tribution will help the ACS goal: to cure cancer in your lifetime. |
