Cancer Related Web Sites National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov National Childhood Cancer Foundation http://www.nccf.org CancerNet http://www.graylab.ac.uk/ Miami Children's Hospital http://www.mch.com Make a Wish Foundation http://www.wish.org Kimo Bear http://www.kimobear.org Chemo Angels http://www.chemoangels.com Boggy Creek - Boggy Creek is a children's camp in Eustis, Florida. http://www.boggycreek.org Heavenly Hats - Dedicated to providing Brand New hats to patients who have lost their hair due to medical treatments http://www.heavenlyhats.com Chemo Care - Nonprofit program of the Scott Hamilton CARES Initiative, authored by the Cleveland Clinic. http://www.chemocare.com

Cancer Facts

Did You Know?

• Today, despite amazing research progress, cancer still kills more children than any other disease. Each year cancer kills more children than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and AIDS, combined.
• Every year, over 11,000 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer.
• Although up to 70% of all children with cancer can now be cured, each year about 2,300 children and teenagers die from cancer.
• Some forms of childhood cancer have proven to be so resistant that even in spite of the great research strides made most of those children die.
• 5%-7% of all childhood malignancies are neuroblastomas.
• About 1 in 6000 children will be diagnosed with neuroblastoma by the age of five.
• 1 in 100,000 per year are diagnosed in the U.S.
• The average age at diagnosis is two years old.
• About 25% of newly diagnosed neuroblastomas are found in children under the age of one.
• Children under the age of one have a cure rate as high as 90%.

Coping Within The Family

• Cancer is a blow to every family it touches. How it is handled is determined, to a great extent, by how the family has functioned as a unit in the past.
• Problems within the family can be the most difficult to handle; you cannot go home to escape them.
• Adjusting to role changes can cause great upheavals in the way family members interact.
• Performing too many roles at once endangers anyone's emotional well-being and ability to cope.
• Financial burdens can also become a great source of stress to the family at this time.
• Spiritual guidance and support can be a great source of comfort to a family or individual.
• Professional counseling may be necessary and should not be overlooked.