Rare Cancers In The U.S.

In every five-cancer diagnoses in the U.S. there is a rare cancer. This is revealed by a report by American Cancer Society appearing in CA:A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, which is a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Rare cancers account for more than two in three cancers occurring in children and adolescents. They believe that the proportion of rare cancers is likely to grow as the use of molecular markers to classify cancers increase.

This presents a unique challenge for clinicians and their patients as the research to identify causes or to develop ways for prevention or early detection …read more