
Most of the cases submitted are for leukemia and lymphoma. Unfortunately, for these children the recovery rate is only 50%. It is estimated that 30% of children with cancer leave the treatment and 20% experience relapse of the disease.
Indeed, as mortality rates reveal, cancer is the second leading cause of infant death in the Colombia (Source: Colombiana de Hemato - Oncología Pediatric Association, the National Cancer Institute and Colombian League Against Cancer, 2007; DANE 2000-2002; Globocan 2002).