Childhood cancer remains the number 1 disease killer of children, taking the lives of more children than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and AIDS combined.  Research has improved survival rates.  Still more than 3,000 children die each year of cancer, and until a cure is found for all there is still work to be done.   Additionally, many survivors of pediatric cancers live with lifelong side effects from the treatments they received to survive.  The severity of late effects of treatment varies, but problems include (but are not limited to) decreased cognitive function, infertility, endocrine problems, growth abnormalities, hearing loss (moderate or severe), renal dysfunction, heart problems, and secondary malignancies.  Simply surviving is not enough.  More research is needed so that survivors of childhood cancers can not only live, but live well.  The Catie Wilkins Memorial Fund was established to support these research efforts.