Pediatric Hematology- Oncology in Countries with Limited Resources

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology in Countries with Limited Resources-1

Daniela Cristina Stefan
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo
Editors

2014

A Practical Manual

Close to 200,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer every year worldwide; of those, 80 % live in low- and middle-income countries, which account for 90 % of the deaths. Thus, the burden of pediatric cancer is clearly shifted towards countries with limited resources, making the tragedy of childhood cancer even more unjust.

 

 

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