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Each day in the UK, 6 teenagers are diagnosed with cancer that is over 2,000 new cases every year.
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Cancer is the most common cause of non-accidental death in teens and young adults in the UK.
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1 in 330 boys and 1 in 420 girls will contract cancer before their 20th birthday.
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By the age of 15 you have a 1 in 600 chance of developing cancer. By the age of 24 you will have had a 1 in 285 chance of developing cancer.
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In the last 30 years the incidence of cancer in the teenage and young adult group has increased by 50% and for the first time ever, the number of teens with cancer now exceeds the number of children with cancer.
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Teenagers contract some of the most aggressive cancers that are made worse by their growth spurts.
