• 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) 

What was happening at diagnosis? 

SURVEY FACT 10:

Over half the children in My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series were under the age of 5 when they were diagnosed with cancer.

SURVEY FACT 11:

3 out of 4 children from participating families developed cancer symptoms less than 4 months prior to diagnosis.  Approximately 10% of children were diagnosed at a physician’s visit for something unrelated.

SURVEY FACT 12:

47% of the children in My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series saw three or more doctors for the symptoms that led up to the cancer diagnosis, including the diagnosis itself.

SURVEY FACT 13:

Almost half of children saw an emergency room doctor for symptoms of childhood cancer before or leading to diagnosis

SURVEY FACT 14:

One in four children in My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series was admitted to the hospital for symptoms related to, or diagnosis of cancer.

SURVEY FACT 15:

While approximately half of families did not travel far from home for symptoms related to, or diagnosis of cancer (less than 25 miles away), a small but significant proportion (13%) traveled over 100 miles. Some even traveled 250 miles or more from home.

SURVEY FACT 16:

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), brain tumor and neuroblastoma are the most reported childhood cancer diagnoses in My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series. Of these, ALL impacts the largest number of participating families.

SURVEY FACT 17:

Well over half of participants reported that the cancer had not metastasized or spread when their child was diagnosed.

SURVEY FACT 18:

3 out of 4 participating families had other children in the household when their child was diagnosed with cancer.

SURVEY FACT 19:

The children were most often the youngest child in the family when they were diagnosed with childhood cancer.

SURVEY FACT 20:

Two thirds of the children in My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series (2nd grade and above) participated in team sports prior to their cancer diagnosis.

SURVEY FACT 21:

"Of the top 10 emotions participants recalled experiencing when their child was diagnosed with cancer, FEAR was by far  the most common."