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Cancer

Why are a lower percentage of cancer patients dying?

‘Commitment from patients, physicians and policymakers throughout the country’

Cliff Mehrtens
Writer
Updated May 5, 2022
Published March 10, 2020
Courageous woman with cancer spends precious time with adult daughter A black senior woman with cancer is wearing a scarf on her head. Her adult daughter is giving her a hug. Both women are smiling with gratitude and hope for recovery.
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  • cancer
  • cancer deaths
  • survival rate
  • cancer survivors
  • clinical trial
  • clinical research
  • Dr. Franklin Chen
  • cancer treatment
  • surviving cancer

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