Children with cancer: driving the global agenda
Ces articles passent en revue les défis à relever dans les divers aspects de la lutte contre les cancers des enfants et des adolescents au niveau mondial
In the global effort to prevent, cure, and control cancer, the specific needs of children and young people with cancer are often overlooked, perhaps because they represent less than 2% of the global cancer burden. However, childhood cancer is very different from cancer in adults, both in terms of the types of cancer that affect different age groups (figure) and of the effect of anticancer treatments on growing children and adolescents. Specific management and research strategies that take account of the different subtypes of childhood cancers are needed to ensure that high-quality care and continuous innovations are safely and effectively delivered, with equitable access wherever possible...
The Lancet Oncology , commentaire en libre accès, 2012