Young adults suffering cancerous bone tumours in New Zealand are
less likely to survive the disease than their peers overseas, a study
has found. University Of Otago students Victoria Utley and Angela Zhang
analysed cancer diagnosis and survival rates for young adults between
2000 and 2009.
While the overall incidence of malignant bone tumours was relatively rare, their research showed the disease had the lowest rate of survival five years after diagnosis - only 46 per cent for 15 to 19 year-olds and 31 per cent for those aged 20 to 24.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/9678167/Bone-cancer-more-deadly-in-NZ
While the overall incidence of malignant bone tumours was relatively rare, their research showed the disease had the lowest rate of survival five years after diagnosis - only 46 per cent for 15 to 19 year-olds and 31 per cent for those aged 20 to 24.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/9678167/Bone-cancer-more-deadly-in-NZ