article_snippet.sent: Over recent decades, the rate of childhood cancer survival has risen by six per cent, according to new Cancer Council figures.
article_snippet.sent: Latest data shows a reduction in mortality rates overall, and an increase in five-year relative survival for all childhood cancers from 76 per cent in 1992-2001 to 82 per cent during 2002-2011.
article_snippet.sent: Sadly, one in five children still will die from cancer within five years, with about 95 children under the age of 15 dying from cancer each year in Australia.
highlights_snippet.sent: Childhood cancer survival rate has risen by six per cent over past decades .