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Survivorship: UK statistics 2005-2012
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At the end of 2005, it was estimated that around
26,000 people in Great Britain were long-term
childhood cancer survivors, who had survived five
years or longer after diagnosis with childhood
cancer.
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It is estimated that by the end of 2012 there will
be at least 33,000 people in the UK who are alive
having previously been diagnosed with a
childhood cancer and who survived their cancer
for at least five years.