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UN health agency calls for investment boost to save young lives from cancer

More children and young people are beating cancer, but progress remains uneven across regions and age groups, highlighting the need for increased investment to boost survival rates.
That’s according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO) which on Wednesday released complete country comparable baseline data on five-year survival estimates for lymphoid leukaemia – a cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.
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