Among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years the average has increased at a
rate of 1.5% per year. However, advances in diagnosis and treatment have
reduced infant mortality from the disease in the West. Are results from
analysis of data provided by 19 European countries, By Vanessa
Marsh. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reports, the
incidence of childhood cancer and the survival of children with cancer in
Europe has increased over the last thirty years, The results of a study
conducted by Dr. Eva Steliarova-Foucher, project director at the IARC, and his
colleagues have produced clear evidence of that increase.
