Every day, there are almost 800 new cases of childhood cancer around the world. This adds up to an estimated 300,000 new cases of cancer that affect children under the age of 20 each year worldwide. And yet, childhood cancer is vastly and consistently underfunded with less than 4% of the federal government's total funding for cancer research dedicated to childhood cancers each year.

Neuroblastoma (NB) is one of the leading causes of pediatric cancer mortality. Despite advances in therapy, the survival rate for relapsed NB patients is dismal. This year I have designated funds to go to Neuroblastoma research projects.