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Too many teenagers and young adults are dying of some types of cancer, a Europe-wide report warns.
Their survival rates for cancers such as leukaemia are much lower than in younger children, says a report in the Lancet Oncology.
The researchers suggest differences in tumours, delays in diagnosis and treatment and a lack of clinical trials for that age group are to blame.
Cancer Research UK said it was crucial to find out what was going wrong.
The study analysed data from 27 countries on nearly 57,000 childhood cancers and 312,000 cancers in teenagers and young adults.
Overall, five-year survival rates were higher in teenagers and young adults at 82% compared with 79% in children.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36388050
Their survival rates for cancers such as leukaemia are much lower than in younger children, says a report in the Lancet Oncology.
The researchers suggest differences in tumours, delays in diagnosis and treatment and a lack of clinical trials for that age group are to blame.
Cancer Research UK said it was crucial to find out what was going wrong.
The study analysed data from 27 countries on nearly 57,000 childhood cancers and 312,000 cancers in teenagers and young adults.
Overall, five-year survival rates were higher in teenagers and young adults at 82% compared with 79% in children.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36388050