1197 / 1708
What does cure mean for a child ?
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Not only cure of cancer but restoration of health
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San Fillipo 2015 :late mortality declined in paediatric cancer
from 12 to 6 % between 1970 and 1994
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Amstrong report (astro 2015 ):
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3958/34033 children less than 20 at diagnosis but free of
disease after 5 y died
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46% of secondary cancer
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15% heart disease
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8 %Lung disease
Decline in late morbidity due to more selected therapy