Statistics by the U.S. National Cancer Institute about soft tissue cancer in children
According to the National Cancer Institute:
Soft tissue cancers are cancers that effect the connective tissues. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a specific type of soft tissue cancer.
850-900 cases of Soft Tissue Cancer are diagnosed per year of children under the age of 20 years old
350 of these cases are Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common cancer in children ages 0-14, making up half of the soft tissue cancers.
Between the 1985-1994 the five year survival rate of Rhabdomyosarcoma was 64%. The younger children within the age group having a higher success rate then the older children.
There is a decline in the childhood cancer mortality rate of 2.0-3.2% per year.
Our goal with the Mark Felice Childhood Cancer Fund is to aid in the continuation of this trend downward and aid those fighting childhood cancer.
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