SOCO GOLD OUT
in support of
www.kidzfightingcancer.org
South County vs. Hayfield
Friday- September 6, 2019
7:00 P.M.
South County High School Stadium
Adults: $6.00 Students: $5.00
SCAA Youth wearing their football jersey are free with an adult paid admission!
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Childhood cancer FACTS: did you know …
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Childhood Cancer is the #1 killer of American children by disease under the age of 19- more than all other childhood diseases combined.
- Every day 43 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer- over 15,000 per year.
- 1 in every 285 U.S. children will develop cancer before their 20th birthday; 1 in every 5 of these children will die at the average age of 8 years old.
- Childhood cancer rates have increased by 24% over the past 40 years.
- There are more than 12 major types of childhood cancer and over 100 subtypes.
- Only 4% of all Federal government cancer research funding goes to study pediatric cancer- childhood cancer non-profit organizations are critical.
- 96% of all Federal funding for cancer research goes to adults yet children makeup 20% of our population
- In the last 20 years, only 4 cancer treatments have been specifically developed and approved for children.
- Childhood treatments require very different drugs than adult protocols yet most use a variation of adult drugs due to a lack of research and trials.
- Because of the treatments they had as children, more than 99% of childhood cancer survivors with have a chronic health problem and 96% will have severe or life-threatening conditions.
Awareness + Funding + Clinical Research +
New Drug Development + Trials =
Our Children’s Lives Saved
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