Monday, June 02, 2008

Childhood cancer rates by region

This isn't late-effects related, but it is childhood cancer related. And you can't have late-effects without surviving childhood cancer.

Apparently childhood cancer strikes at a higher rate in the Northeast than anywhere else in the country. The Midwest doesn't lag far behind, though.

Here's the actual study, courtesy of Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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