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Radiotherapy and childhood

▪ 1/250 chidren will be diagnosed with a cancer before age of 20 ▪ 50% of chidren with cancer will receive radiation therapy ▪ More than 75% will be cured and exposed to late effect due to treatment ,not only radiation ▪ 10450 cases/y in Usa in 2014

▪ 1/530 Young adult is a cancer survivor