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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carla K. Johnson

Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says

National Cancer Institute

Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday.

Childhood cancers are rare and treatments have improved drastically in recent decades, saving lives.

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