Each year, more than 160,000 children die of cancer. Four in five are from low and middle income countries where child cancer is just one of many priorities struggling for resources. In high income countries, through advances in diagnosis and treatment, some 75% of children afflicted by cancer can expect to survive. In low income countries the picture is reversed and, whilst survival rates vary considerably, typically more than 80% of young cancer victims die. What’s more, essential palliative care for the sufferers and their families barely exists in these countries. Redressing such inequality is the reason why the World Child Cancer Foundation exists. Because no child should suffer.Don't forget to visit my website
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Add to My Profile | More Videos100 Years of Advances Against Cancer Fact Sheet: The past 100 years have seen many remarkable advances against cancer, a disease known to mankind for thousands of years. The accomplishments of the last 30 years in particular, such as the development of monoclonal antibodies and other targeted therapies, the identification of cancer-associated genes, the introduction of computer-assisted imaging, and the decline in cancer deaths since the mid-1990s, have all built on knowledge gained in earlier decades.
