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While pediatric cancer is relatively rare and research has
created cure rates upwards of 80 percent, pediatric cancer
remains the leading cause of death by disease for children
in the United States. There are
over 15,000 new cases diagnosed each year and one in
five of these children will not survive the disease.
During this month, Hope On Wheels will donate $10.5 million
to 45 Children’s Oncology Group (COG) hospitals and
institutions across the U.S. in support of continued medical
research and programs that improve the quality of life for
children with cancer.
At the U.S. Capitol, Hope On Wheels will be joined by
members of the Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus and
other elected officials, policymakers, Hyundai executives
and dealers, to pay tribute to researchers, child cancer
fighters and their families as part of its annual September
program.
Hope On Wheels 2015 Scholar Grant winners from institutions
across the country will be in attendance.
Special
recognition will be given to greater Washington, D.C. metro
area hospitals that are receiving research grants this year
including Children’s National Health System, Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University and
Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer
Center.
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