ACS study: AYA cancer survivors face increased cancer incidence and mortality risk

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Findings led by researchers at the American Cancer Society show that five-year survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer in the United States have a higher risk of developing and nearly double the risk of dying from a new primary cancer as the general population. 

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