Clinical trials to improve childhood cancer care and survival in sub-Saharan Africa

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 599-604

  Israëls, Trijn ^a   Kambugu, Joyce ^b   Kouya, Francine ^c   El Mallawany, Nader Kim ^d   Hesseling, Peter B ^e   Kaspers, Gertjan J L ^a   Eden, Tim ^f   Renner, Lorna ^g   Molyneux, Elizabeth M ^h  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (Uganda)

^c Mbingo Baptist Hospital   (Cameroon)

^d KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f World Child Cancer   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885018730     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2013.137     Document Type: Review

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