Sentences with phrase «overall child survival»

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St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.

Removal of a fifth course of chemotherapy containing cytarabine resulted in worse overall survival and disease - free survival in pediatric patients with low - risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to the results (abstract 10515) of a pooled analysis of two Children's Oncology Group (COG) trials presented at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held June 2 — 6 in Chicago.

The survival rates for these different types of cancers vary, but overall, the majority of children diagnosed with cancer are able to survive long - term, thanks to advances in treatments, including immune - based therapies, over the past several decades.