Awareness Days and Months

So I wanted to make a list for you all of the different awareness months and days that are relevant to childhood cancer.

February

  • National Cancer Prevention Month - Many childhood cancers don't have known causes, but you can prevent cancer for your whole family through radon testing and not smoking.
  • February 4: World Cancer Day
  • February 14: National Donor Day (organs, hair, bone marrow, all of it)
  • February 23: International Childhood Cancer Day
  • February 28: Rare Disease Day - Many childhood cancers are considered rare cancers, like the kind my brother had.

March

  • Kidney Cancer Awareness Month (Orange) - Learn more about Wilms Tumors here.

April

  • National Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Week (March 31 - April 6, 2023) - Learn more here
  • April 21: Acute Myloid Leukemia (AML) Day

May

  • Brain Cancer Awareness Month (Grey)
  • National Cancer Research Month - We love to see it.
  • Neurofibromatosis Month
  • Oncology Nursing Month

June

  • Cancer Survivors Month (Lavender/Purple)
  • First Sunday of June: Cancer Survivors Day
  • June 8: World Brain Tumor Awareness Day
  • June 16-20: National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week - Check out some resources and links about health disparities and cancer.

July

  • Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month - Many sarcomas and bone cancers affect children and adolescents.
  • Third Wednesday of July: Glioblastoma Awareness Day

September

  • The Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (Gold)
  • Gynecological Cancers Month (Peach)
  • Blood Cancer Awareness Month (Violet - Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Orange - Leukemia, Lime Green - Lymphoma)
  • Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month (Teal, Pink, Blue)
  • September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day
  • September 24: World Cancer Research Day

October

  • October 8: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

November

  • National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
  • National Marrow Awareness Month
  • National Family Caregivers Month (Plum)

I used this website and this one as a resources for this post. I got the colors here.

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