Long-term survivorship rates for childhood cancer near 90 percent.

Jeffrey Hord, MD, medical director of the Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Akron Children's, discusses the treatment of cancers affecting children and young adults, including advances in treatment such as immunotherapy. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

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