Pediatric Oncology (M.D. Anderson Cancer Care Series)
Contributors: Ka Wah Chan (Editor); Jr., R. Beverly Raney (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 6, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780387244709
Subjects: Paediatric medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Oncology; Pediatrics; Medical / Oncology; Child; Neoplasms; Practice Guideline; diagnosis; therapy
First sentence: This chapter describes the diagnostic, therapeutic, and supportive care measures used at M. D. Anderson Cancer in the treatment of pédiatrie patients with acute leukemia.
Description: The M.D. Anderson Cancer Care series is intended to provide state-of-the art guidelines on the multimodality treatment of cancer (multimodality is defined as any combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation), according to the standard of practice at MDACC. Topics covered in this volume will include a spectrum of several different malignancies occurring frequently in children, as well as melanoma, supportive care, and an outline of the Center's Adolescent and Young Adult Program, a national model.