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Five-Year Survival from Pediatric Cancer Rises to Nearly 90% Overall, But Disparities by Race and Cancer Type Remain

Nearly nine in 10 young people with cancer were alive five years after diagnosis by 2017 - up from six in 10 in 1975, according to first comprehensive update of U.S. childhood cancer survival statistics in over a decade published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

November 10, 2026


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