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Issues raised by the incidence and survival of childhood cancers [1]

An Article by Audrey Bonaventure and colleagues in the Lancet Haematology provides international comparisons of 5-year net survival statistics of children diagnosed with leukaemia, and another Article by Eva Steliarova-Foucher and colleagues in the Lancet Oncology is an exhaustive report on worldwide incidence rates of childhood cancers observed in 2001–10. Both are based on best-quality data from population-based cancer registries. The first Article by Bonaventure and colleagues1 documents the steady improvements in survival in children with leukaemia from 1995–2009.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
01/05/2017
Philippe Autier [3]
Lancet Haematology [4]
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Cancer [5], Child Health [6], Health Care [7], Poverty [8], Diagnostic Methods [9], Africa [10]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/issues-raised-incidence-and-survival-childhood-cancers
[2] http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(17)30053-4/abstract
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/philippe-autier
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet-haematology
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diagnostic-methods
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa