General Article Cancer in children and young people – what do the statistics tell us?

Topic Selected: Cancer Book Volume: 433
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1. Every day in the UK 10 children or young people are diagnosed with cancer

While cancer is rare in children and young people, there are around 3,755 young people diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK. That’s 1,645 in children (aged 0-14 years) and 2,110 in teenagers and young adults (aged 1...

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