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Health status of young children with cancer following discontinuation of therapy

✍ Scribed by Pastore, G. ;Zurlo, M. G. ;Acquaviva, A. ;Calculli, G. ;Castello, M. ;Ceci, A. ;Di Tullio, M. L. ;Gandus, S. ;Macchia, P. ;Di Montezemolo, L. Cordero ;Mandelli, F. ;Massolo, F. ;Nespoli, L. ;Paolucci, G. ;Rosate, M. ;Senesi, E. ;Tamaro, P. ;Tripoli, U. ;Terracini, B.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Weight: 547 KB
Volume: 15
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-1532
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950150102

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✦ Synopsis

This paper reports late effects and health status of 198 children who had cancer or leukemia diagnosed under 2 years of age and their therapies electively withdrawn. This series (92 neuroblastoma [NBL], 57 Wilms' tumor [ W ] , 46 acute lymphoblastic leukemia

[ALL], and 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) was followed for 1-12 years after discontinuation of therapy. Thirty-three children were diag-

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