Cancer in Children Clinical Management.

Cancer in Children Clinical Management.

With the fall in mortality from infectious diseases, the· impact of childhood cancer in the Western World has increased to become the second commonest cause of death in the age group 1-14 years, being surpassed only by accidents. However, even in those countries in which paediatric cancer is attract...

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Corporate Authors: International Union against Cancer (Author), SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bloom, Harris J. G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1975.
Edition:2nd ed. 1975.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Gynecology .
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Table of Contents:
  • General Chapters
  • 1. Aetiology and Epidemiology
  • 2. Pathology
  • 3. Surgery (General Principles)
  • 4. Radiation Therapy
  • 5. Cancer Chemotherapy
  • 6. Infections in Children with Malignant Disease
  • 7. General Care
  • 8. Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis
  • 9. Facilities for Paediatric Cancer Cases and Children’s Tumour Registration
  • Special Chapters
  • 10. Tumours of the Central Nervous System
  • 11. a) Retinoblastoma
  • b) Other Tumours of the Eye and Orbit
  • 12. Tumours of the Sympathetic Nervous System
  • 13. Leukaemia
  • 14. Malignant Lymphomas
  • 15. Burkitt’s Sarcoma
  • 16. Histiocytosis
  • 17. Bone Tumours
  • 18. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
  • 19. Teratomas in General and Tumours of the Reproductive Organs
  • 20. Tumours of the Kidney
  • 21. Skin Tumours
  • 22. Liver Tumours
  • 23. Tumours of Head and Neck
  • 24. Miscellaneous Tumours.

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