Twinning partnerships through International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to improve radiotherapy in common paediatric cancers in low- and mid-income countries

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-371

  Salminen, Eeva ^a   Anacak, Yavuz ^b   Laskar, Siddartha ^c   Kortmann, Rolf Dieter ^d   Raslawski, Elsa ^e   Stevens, Graham ^f   Ribeiro, Raul C ^g  

^a IAEA   (Finland)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^f AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Developing countries; IAEA; Low and middle income countries; Paediatric cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSENSUS; EWING SARCOMA; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEUKEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 70350769309     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.018     Document Type: Review

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