When Your Child has Cancer – Dealing with a Diagnosis

The news of a cancer diagnosis is never welcome, but may be even more unexpected and difficult when the disease is diagnosed in a child or young adult.

Although cancer is much less common among children compared to adults - each year, the parents of approximately 15,700 kids will hear the words "your child has cancer."

Across all ages, ethnic groups and socio-economics, this disease remains the No. 1 cause of death by disease in children.