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“You should know that one in 440 children develops cancer before the age of 15, and that 2,200 children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 are affected by cancer each year,” commented Bernard Aubin, Lions secretary on Delta. Despite a five-year survival rate, synonymous with cure, which now exceeds 80% (according to the National Cancer Institute), these cancers remain the leading cause of death by disease in children over one year old in France. and in Europe. The search for new treatments must continue to improve the prognosis of pediatric cancers, to develop drugs and to limit the following-effects. »
