Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable - Our World in Data

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Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable - Our World in Data

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Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured.

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable

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