Endocrine Abstracts

Approximately 1 in 650 children will develop a childhood malignancy by the age of 15 years. Improvements in diagnosis, treatment and supportive care over the last 30 years mean that approximately 80% of children diagnosed with cancer can now expect to survive more than five years. Approximately 1 in 250 young adults in the UK is a survivor (more than five years from end of therapy and disease-free) of childhood cancer. In the adult field it is estimated that 2 million people i...