Strategies to improve care for children with cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1960-1966

  Israels, Trijn ^a,b   Ribeiro, Raul C ^c   Molyneux, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Burkitt lymphoma; Child; Developing countries; Kaposi sarcoma; Neoplasms; Sub Saharan Africa; Wilms tumour

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; MORPHINE; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AFRICA; ANALGESIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DRUG COST; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77954217968     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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