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What does cure mean for a child ?

• Not only cure of cancer but restoration of health • San Fillipo 2015 :late mortality declined in paediatric cancer from 12 to 6 % between 1970 and 1994 • Amstrong report (astro 2015 ): ➢ 3958/34033 children less than 20 at diagnosis but free of disease after 5 y died

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46% of secondary cancer

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15% heart disease

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8 %Lung disease

Decline in late morbidity due to more selected therapy