Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine.
But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday.
Death rates were about the same for Black, Hispanic and white children in 2001, and all went lower during the next decade.
Nearly incurable 50 years ago, childhood cancer now is survivable for most patients, especially those with leukemia.
The National Cancer Institute is working to gather data from every childhood cancer patient with the goal of linking each child to state-of-the-art care.
Persons:
”, Sharon Castellino, Emory University’s, Castellino, Paula Aristizabal, ” Aristizabal, Emily Tonorezos
Organizations:
Black, Emory, Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control, University of California, Rady Children’s, Equity, National Cancer Institute, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP
Locations:
Atlanta, U.S, San Diego, Rady