NNCCF Facts:
NNCCF is dedicated to serving each family individually and strives to alleviate the financial and emotional strain that follows a cancer diagnosis. Since its inception, the foundation has helped northern Nevada families with more than $9 million in direct financial assistance.
NNCCF assists approximately 40 new families each year, and actively supports about 150 local families affected by childhood cancer from the moment of diagnosis through survivorship. It is our mission to enhance the quality of life for children with cancer and their families by providing financial assistance and compassionate support programs, all while advocating for increased research funds and raising public awareness.
Childhood Cancer Facts:
Childhood Cancer is the #1 disease-related killer of children – more than AIDS, asthma, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis combined. Every school day, 46 children – or two classrooms of students – are diagnosed with cancer in this country. Over 40,000 children and adolescents are currently being treated for childhood cancers in the US. Around 40 children in the Northern Nevada area are diagnosed with some form of childhood cancer each year. Currently, there remains no known preventative guidelines for childhood cancer. Since the 1950′s, cooperative research has improved the survival rates for childhood cancer from less than 10% to 78% overall. While there have been remarkable breakthroughs in cancer treatments and improvements in survival rates, one out of five children continues to die from this disease. More than 70% of children with cancer are on clinical trials as opposed to 3-5% of adults. About 80% of children show evidence that the disease has already spread at the time of diagnosis, compared with only about 20% of adults. In the U.S., one out of 264 children between birth and age 20 will be diagnosed with cancer. The average age of an adult diagnosed with cancer is 68; the average age of diagnosis for the childhood cancer is 6. A whole lifetime, career and future family are at stake.
