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PBS NewsHour | Kids and Cancer: Why Pediatric Cancer Cure Rates Have Improved So Much | PBS

Duration: 08:47
Program: PBS NewsHour #10240
Broadcast Date: Jan. 12, 2012

Four decades ago, President Nixon signed a law that would change the way cancer research was funded in an effort to develop better treatments and cure more patients. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser explores the positive developments pediatric cancer research has realized in the last 40 years.

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Post Date: January 12, 2012