Sustaining innovation and improvement in the treatment of childhood cancer: lessons from high-income countries

Kathy Pritchard-Jones; Rob Pieters; Gregory H Reaman; Lars Hjorth; Peter A Downie; Gabriele Calaminus; Marianne Naafs-Wilstra; Eva Stelliarova-Foucher

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Sustaining innovation and improvement in the treatment of childhood cancer: lessons from high-income countries

Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Rob Pieters, Gregory H Reaman, Lars Hjorth, Peter A Downie, Gabriele Calaminus, Marianne Naafs-Wilstra, Eva Stelliarova-Foucher

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Cancer in children and adolescents is rate and biologically very different from cancer in adults. It accounts for 1.4 of all cancers worldwide, although this proportion rangges from 0.5 in Europe to 4.8 in Africa, largely because of differences in age, composition and life expectancy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e95 - e103
Number of pages	9
Journal	The Lancet Oncology
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70010-X
Publication status	Published - 2013

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