Recognizing September as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month would be recognized in September by this resolution to spotlight pediatric cancer, affirm a renewed national commitment to accelerate safer, more effective treatments, and commend the clinicians and researchers who care for affected families. The text cites that childhood cancer is the leading disease cause of death for children past infancy, notes 5-year survival has risen to 86 percent from 58 percent in the 1970s, reports that 96 percent of survivors face one or more chronic conditions, and records about 1,820 deaths of children and adolescents from cancer each year.