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How common is cancer in teenagers?

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  1. sparkles_syndrome
    Member

    I'm 16.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. Tarkarri
    Member

    Best Answer

    Lifetime risk of cancer is about 1 in 2 for males, 1 in 3 for females.

    Less than 0.5% of these cancers ocur in people under 20.

    This is classed as rare.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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