Childhood-cancer treatment is one of the success stories of the late 20th century. A child diagnosed with cancer in the 1970s had a 56 percent chance of surviving for 5 years. Today, that likelihood is nearly 80 percent. With that gain, however, doctors have noticed that cancer survivors seem prone to other life-threatening medical problems later.
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