PEDIATRIC ACC

Pediatric onset ACC is a Childhood Cancer despite the fact that most ACC diagnoses are made in the 5th-7th decades of life. We have gathered information to help you navigate the often confusing place of being a child/family diagnosed with a typically adult-onset cancer.

YOUR CHILD HAS CANCER; Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.

A diagnosis of cancer at any age, let alone a rare cancer like Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC) is a complicated, confusing and scary one to receive. When it’s your young child that receives this diagnosis, it can be downright devastating for the whole family. Besides all of the unknowns that a cancer diagnosis brings, an additional burden that parents/caretakers, patients and even healthcare providers have is the non-existence of research or information about our population. We have complied as much information as we have been able to locate and gather in collaboration with the patients and families in our community via the links above to provide you with the most up to date information available. Below are some quick facts about childhood cancer, in general.