Childhood cancer survival in Europe and the United States

BACKGROUND Survival rates for most major adult cancers are higher in the United States compared with the survival rates in Europe. The objective of this study was to determine whether transatlantic differences in survival also are present in childhood cancers. METHODS The authors analyzed 16,148 European patients and 3476 patients in the United States who were diagnosed with malignant disease at age < 15 years during 1985–1989. The patients...