WHEREAS, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children; and

WHEREAS, 1 in 285 children in the United States will be diagnosed by their 20th birthday; and

WHEREAS, 46 children per day or 16,790 children per year are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S.; and

WHEREAS, there are approximately 40,000 children on active treatment at any given time; and

WHEREAS, the average age of diagnosis is 6 years old, compared to 66 years for adults' cancer diagnosis; and

WHEREAS, in the last 30 years only six new drugs have been approved by the FDA to specifically treat childhood cancer; and

WHEREAS, two-thirds of childhood cancer patients will have chronic health conditions as a result of their treatment toxicity, with one quarter being classified as severe to life-threatening; and

WHEREAS, approximately one half of childhood cancer families rate the associated financial toxicity due to out-of-pocket expenses as considerable to severe;

WHEREAS, 80% of childhood cancer patients are diagnosed late and with metastatic disease;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOE LOMBARDO, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, do hereby proclaim the month of September 2023 as

CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN NEVADA