The survival rate for children with cancer is 80% in high income countries, but only 5% in low income countries. World Child Cancer’s mission is to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment and care for children across the developing world by training doctors and providing aid. To learn more, visit their website >> http://www.worldchildcancer.org/
Did you know that in the U.S. 15,780 children and young people under the age of 21 are diagnosed with cancer every year?
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A new technique for the treatment of glioblastoma, a common and life-threatening brain tumor, has been shown to disrupt the cell-to-cell communication which allows the cancer to spread. The study, conducted at the University of Florida Health has shown that slowing down the spread resulted in a 50% increase in survival time in mouse models.
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In a discovery that could change the way prostate cancer is treated, scientists at Cancer Research UK say that it could actually be five different diseases which can be determined by the cancer’s genetic make-up.
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According to Mayo Clinic, we can. A study published in Nature Cell Biology states that cancer cells can be turned back into normal cells.
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