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Leukemia accounts for about 30% of cancer cases in children aged 0-14.
An estimated 1,585 deaths are expected to occur among children aged 0-14 in 2005 - about one-third of them from leukemia.
Leukemia is the leading cause of death by disease in children between the ages of 1 and 14.
The 5-year survival rate for childhood leukemia is 79%.
Leukemia is diagnosed 10 times more often in adults than in children.
50% of the patients in our financial assistance program are age 35 or younger.
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