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Editorial
. 2014 Aug 15;120(16):2388-91.
doi: 10.1002/cncr.28745. Epub 2014 May 22.

Declining childhood and adolescent cancer mortality: great progress but still much to be done

Kathy Pritchard-Jones  1 , Darren Hargrave
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Editorial

Declining childhood and adolescent cancer mortality: great progress but still much to be done

Kathy Pritchard-Jones et al. Cancer. .
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Abstract

Improvements in childhood and adolescent cancer mortality and survival rates have continued in recent years, but the rate of progress has been greater in hematologic malignances than in solid tumors. A short reflection on these achievements is warranted before quickly turning our attention to the remaining challenges.

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Percentages of known causes among all cancer deaths are illustrated in children (ages 0-14 years) for all 50 areas covered by population-based cancer registries that contributed data for the years 2000 through 2007 to the European Cancer Observatory (N = 6256). Causes of deaths are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition. Note that endocrine gland tumor deaths are in the majority among patients with neuroblastoma. CNS indicates central nervous system.
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