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Children's cancers are rare. In the UK, only 1 in every 600 children under 15 years of age develops a cancer. This means that approximately 1700 children (up to the age of 15) in the UK are diagnosed with cancer each year. These cancers are quite different from cancers affecting adults in that they tend to occur in different parts of the body to adult cancers. They also look different under the microscope and respond differently to treatment.
Cure rates for children are much higher than for most adult cancers and over 70% (more than 7 in 10) of all children can now be completely cured.
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