FOCUS: Childhood Cancer; A growing health problem
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Childhood cancer: A growing problem.
Childhood cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among children in the United States,and rates are increasing by approximately 1% each year. Unfortunately,the science of epidemiology has not provided definitive answers to the question of why cancer strikes children.
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عنوان ژورنال: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
سال: 1962
ISSN: 0007-9235
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.12.2.51