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According to Black, the average cost of providing one oftheseindividual with the services he or she needs is $120,000 annually. Because of lack of funds, families often struggle to pay for the entire treatment and withdraw their family member from treatment before adequate care is received. Accordin...

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Published inUniversity Wire
Main Author Chomel-Bailey, Lorraine
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Carlsbad Uloop, Inc 25.09.2015
Subjects
Cancer
Children & youth
Donations
Fund raising
United States > US
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Summary:According to Black, the average cost of providing one oftheseindividual with the services he or she needs is $120,000 annually. Because of lack of funds, families often struggle to pay for the entire treatment and withdraw their family member from treatment before adequate care is received. According to the American Childhood Cancer Organization website, "In the U.S., 15,780 children under the age of 21 are diagnosed with cancer every year; approximately 1/4 of them will not survive the disease."