Long-term death rate among childhood cancer survivors falls by half

Now, a new study finds that doctors' efforts to both cure children's tumors and protect them from long-term complications have paid off. A study presented today in Chicago finds that the death rate 15 years after a pediatric cancer diagnosis has been cut in half since the 1970s.

Read more here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/31/childhood-cancer-survivors/28073885/