The rain didn’t seem to dampen the excitement as 75 young women and men made their way to limos parked outside Akron Children’s Considine Professional Building last Friday. They were headed to downtown Cleveland and A Prom to Remember, an annual event for pediatric cancer patients from Akron Children’s Hospital, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic and their guests.
New mobile app helps childhood cancer survivors stay healthy
About 13,500 children in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to the Children’s Oncology Group. Although the number of diagnoses hasn’t declined in nearly 20 years, the overall survival rate has increased from 10 percent just 40 years ago to nearly 80 percent today.
