Hope for Young Patients Battling Cancer

Nice News - In the United States, the five-year survival rate for children with cancer is 85%. But for kids with certain solid tumors and sarcomas, that number can drop to under 30% — something Dr. Catherine Bollard is trying to help improve.
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“There just hasn’t been the same amount of effort and financial support around really understanding the biology of pediatric cancers,” Bollard told The Washington Post, comparing pediatric and adult disease. “We have not gone fast enough as a field.”...
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