Children's cancers diagnosis and treatment statistics
Surgery
Common treatment for children’s cancers, UK
Chemotherapy
Common treatment for children’s cancers, UK
Radiotherapy
Common treatment for children’s cancers, UK
Cancer stats explained
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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the many organisations across the UK which collect, analyse, and share the data which we use, and to the patients and public who consent for their data to be used. Find out more about the sources which are essential for our statistics.