A major study by UCL and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milan (INT) researchers has for the first time shown in detail how far children’s cancer has spread at diagnosis in a way that can be compared between countries. While poorer survival following late-stage diagnosis is well recognized, the study is the first to show that differences in tumor stage at diagnosis may explain why childhood cancer survival varies between some European regions and tumor types.
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