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<p>Gatlin Stringer, 14, left, and his brother, Garrett, 20, visit Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, May 22.</p>

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Cancer treatments got gentler, yet kids' survival improved
June 3, 2015 9 p.m.

Cancer treatments got gentler, yet kids' survival improved

Fewer children die of side effects from radiation, chemotherapy

CHICAGO - The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: More kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows.