Progress against childhood and young adolescent cancer in the Netherlands since 1990

Progress against childhood and young adolescent cancer in the Netherlands The incidence of childhood cancer is, albeit modestly, increasing worldwide. During the last 50 years 5-year survival of childhood cancer has increased from less than 30% to more than 80%. However, recent national trend analyses in incidence, treatment patterns, survival and mortality from childhood and young adolescent cancer are lacking for the Netherlands. Within this thesis we aimed first to analyze the trends in incidence for all childhood cancers and made more detailed analyses for five specific childhood and young... Mehr ...