PA HR256

Designates September 2025 as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania

Approximately 9,550 children under 15 in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2025, with more than 1,000 expected to die from the disease

Five-year survival rates for childhood cancer have improved from approximately 58% in the mid-1970s to 85% currently

Pennsylvania has six Children's Oncology Group hospitals, and Penn State Health Children's Hospital is one of only 13 institutions nationwide in the Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutic Investigators' Consortium

Pennsylvanians contributed more than $500,000 to the Pediatric Cancer Research Fund through online license/registration renewals in 2024, plus nearly $23,000 through state income tax return donations