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From the following article:

The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults

Archie Bleyer, Ronald Barr, Brandon Hayes-Lattin, David Thomas, Chad Ellis, Barry Anderson & on behalf of the Biology and Clinical Trials Subgroups of the US National Cancer Institute Progress Review Group in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Nature Reviews Cancer 8, 288-298 (April 2008)

doi:10.1038/nrc2349

Figure 1 - The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults

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Relative occurrence of the most common types of cancer in 15–39-year-olds.

Figure 2 - The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults

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Incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) as a function of age at diagnosis and gender.

Figure 3 - The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults

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Cancers with 5-year relative survival rates that are lower in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) than in younger or older patients.

Figure 4 - The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults

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Other cancers with 5-year relative survival rates that have different patterns in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) from those in younger or older patients.

Figure 5 - The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults

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Breast cancer survival rates in US women, by age at diagnosis.

Figure 7 - The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults

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Tumour bank specimens versus incidence of cancer as a function of patient age.