Young person's cancer on the rise.
6th Oct 2005, 15:24 GMT
Cancer among young people in the north of England is up 25% since the 1960s, but survival rates are better than they were, new figures reveal. Testicular cancer and malignant melanoma have doubled; Hodgkin's decreased.
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