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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Kids Surviving Cancer more Often Than Ever

(CBS News)

One of the biggest advances in the world of canc

er treatment has been in the survival of children with cancer.

CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports that an estimated 11,210 new cases are expected to occur among children 0 to 14 years of age in 2011. Childhood cancers are rare, representing less than 1 percent of all new cancer diagnoses. Overall, childhood cancer incidence rates have been increasing slightly by 0.6 percent per year since 1975.

Olivia Lafond, 4, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in 2009.

"I thought she was going to die," said Jennifer Lafond, Olivia's mother.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's always nice to have some GOOD news , thanks for the uplift.