Teen cancer survival rates on the rise
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 13:56
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first national report detailing survival for teenagers and young adults with cancer shows that survival rates climbed by about 11% over two decades.The University of Manchester findings, published in the British Journal of Cancer today, looked at survival across all cancers in people aged 13 to 24 between 1979 and 2001.
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