Facts and Figures
380 children diagnosed with cancer every year in Belgium
40% of childhood cancers are diagnosed before age 5
80% survival rate across all pediatric cancers
Tough treatments:
- chemotherapies
- radiotherapies
- surgery
- marrow transplant
- targeted therapies
Most common childhood cancers :
- leukaemia (30% of child cancers)
- brain tumour
- lymphoma
Numerous impacts:
- short and long term
- physical and psychological
- for the child and for his family
Today the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia reaches 95%. However, it is sadly not the case for many other types of child cancer for which the prognosis is quite bleak and therapeutic progress are required.