• Survey Facts: Participation (Facts 1 through 5) 
• Survey Facts: Family History (Facts 6 through 9) 
• Survey Facts: At Diagnosis (Facts 10 through 21) 
• Survey Facts: Since Diagnosis (Facts 22 through 34) 

Who's Participating?  

SURVEY FACT 1:

Over 2,000 families from across the U.S. and other parts of the world have joined My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series and provided information on their child’s diagnosis.  See the map below to view participant’s locations when their child was diagnosed with cancer.

SURVEY FACT 2:

Just over one third of participants completed their first survey within 2 years of diagnosis.  Another third of participants completed their first survey more than 5 years after diagnosis.  

SURVEY FACT 3:

Of the families participating, 1 in 5 has had a child pass away from childhood cancer.

SURVEY FACT 4:

Participants provide information on children at various points following a childhood cancer diagnosis: in treatment, having recently finished treatment, and up to several years after treatment.  At 4 years after diagnosis and beyond, only 1 out of 10 children is still in treatment.

SURVEY FACT 5:

More than 20 different childhood cancer diagnoses are represented in My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series with almost two thirds of the participating families having children diagnosed with leukemia (ALL), neuroblastoma or a brain tumor. The 10 most mentioned diagnoses are shown in this table.