AMOR: A proposed cooperative effort to improve outcomes of childhood cancer in Central America

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-110

  Antillon, Federico ^a   Baez, Fulgencio L ^b   Barr, Ronald ^c   Barrantes Zamorra, Jose C ^d   Carrasco, Ligia Fu ^e   Moreno, Belgica ^f   Bonilla, Miguel M ^g   Tognoni, Gianni ^h   Valsecch, Maria G ^h   Howard, Scott ^i,j   Ribeiro, Raul C ^i,j   Masera, Giuseppe ^k  

^a Roosevelt Hospital Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesus Rivera   (Nicaragua)

^c MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^e Hospital Escuela Materno Infantil   (Honduras)

^f Hospital del Niño de Panamá   (United States)

^g Hospital Nacional de Ninos Benjamin Bloom   (El Salvador)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

ⁱ ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

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Author keywords

International outreach; International pediatric hematology oncology; Twinning programs

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINNING PROGRAM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 22244439256     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20280     Document Type: Review

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