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Five-year survival rates for all cancers combined in children by age group and period of diagnosis from 1975 to 2002, with follow-up of vital status through 2006, according to data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 9 (SEER 9) Registries.

Five-year survival rates for (A) osteosarcoma, (B) Ewing sarcoma, and (C) rhabdomyosarcoma among children by age group and time period of diagnosis from 1975 through 2002, with follow-up of vital status through 2006, according to data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 9 (SEER 9) registries.

Five-year survival rates for (A) non-CNS germ cell tumors, (B) Wilms tumors, and (C) neuroblastoma among children by age group and time period of diagnosis from 1975 through 2002, with follow-up of vital status through 2006, according to data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 9 (SEER 9) registries.

United States age-adjusted childhood mortality trends for lymphoma and leukemia, and all other cancer sites combined, with annual percentage changes (APCs) for join point segments for males and females younger than 20 years of age, from 1975 though 2006. (*) The slope of the regression line significantly differs from zero; P < .05.

Age-specific mortality trends for all malignant cancers combined among children younger than 20 years of age in the United States from 1975 through 2006. An estimated 38,032 childhood malignant cancer deaths were averted from 1975 through 2006, assuming the 1975 baseline rate persisted through 2006. (*) The slope of the join point segment is statistically different from zero (P ≤ .05). APC, annual percentage change.

Five-year survival rates for (A) acute lymphoblastic leukemia, (B) acute myeloid leukemia, (C) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and (D) Hodgkin's lymphoma among children by age group and period of diagnosis, 1975 through 2002, with follow-up of vital status through 2006, according to data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 9 (SEER 9) Registries.

Five-year survival rates for (A) medulloblastoma and other CNS tumors, (B) CNS tumors other than medulloblastoma, and (C) medulloblastoma among children by age group and period of diagnosis from 1975 through 2002, with follow-up of vital status through 2006, according to data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 9 (SEER 9) Registries. Medulloblastoma survival rates for the 15- to 19-year-old age group were suppressed when there were < 25 patients during the time period.

Incidence rates for all cancers combined, cancers other than CNS and lymphoid leukemia, lymphoid leukemia, and brain and CNS cancers among children younger than 20 years of age, according to data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 9 (SEER 9) Registries, 1975 through 2006. (*) The slope of the join point regression trend line is significantly different from zero (P ≤ .05). The 95% CIs of annual percentage changes (APCs) are presented in .