Every year, 400,000 children worldwide are diagnosed with cancer.
Most children with cancer can be cured, yet it remains a leading cause of death.
International Childhood Cancer Day is observed annually on February 15.
The day serves to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, the survivors and their families.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says the most common cancer types are leukemias, lymphomas and central nervous system tumours, and the overall incidence has two separate peaks, at ages 0–4 years and 15–19 years.
