article_snippet.sent: Some 30 children a week are diagnosed with cancer – that’s more than 1,500 a year – and 250 of Some 30 children a week will die every year.
article_snippet.sent: Child leukaemia has a high survival rate, with four out of five youngsters being cured completely.
article_snippet.sent: There are currently 36 child cancer medical trials open in the UK – 22 of which are funded by charity Cancer Research UK.
article_snippet.sent: Kate Law, of Cancer Research have to answer to Kate Law, of Cancer Research shareholders and Kate Law, of Cancer Research are therefore risk-averse to trials with children, so child cancer trials have to be funded independently through organisations like us.
article_snippet.sent: There are 21 specialist centres treating childhood cancer in the UK and every child with cancer will be seen at one of 21 specialist centres treating childhood cancer in the UK.