Prevalence and predictors of abandonment of therapy among children with cancer in El Salvador

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2144-2146

  Bonilla, Miguel ^a   Rossell, Nuria ^a   Salaverria, Carmen ^a   Gupta, Sumit ^b   Barr, Ronald ^c   Sala, Alessandra ^d   Metzger, Monika L ^e   Sung, Lillian ^b  

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

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Adherence; Cancer; Children; Developing countries; El Salvador

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70249114481     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24534     Document Type: Article

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