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by brg 4197 days ago
Cancer survival rates are increasing dramatically. They have doubled in the last 30 years [1], and survival rates continue to increase. In the 50's, childhood cancer's such as lymphoma and leukemia were a 30 day death sentence. Now survival is extremely common, if not the norm.

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/surv...