Childhood cancer, about a thousand cases a year in Spain

Every February 15 marks the International Day of Children with Cancer. In Spain there are about a thousand cases per year between 0 and 14 years. Survival exceeds 80 percent. Survival is much lower in developing countries, WHO reports

Children’s drawings of children with cancer on a board at the Pereira Rossell Pediatric Hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. EFE/Ivan Franco