Oncología pediátrica
Cancer in chilhood is becoming increasingly important in the field of Pediatrics; among other reasons as it the second cause of infant mortality. The possibility of detecting genetic and molecular alterations in tumoral cells can allow the patient´s risk to be individualized and, as a consequence, t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Psicooncologia |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PSIC/article/view/17272 |
| Summary: | Cancer in chilhood is becoming increasingly important in the field of Pediatrics; among other reasons as it the second cause of infant mortality. The possibility of detecting genetic and molecular alterations in tumoral cells can allow the patient´s risk to be individualized and, as a consequence, treatments which are just as effective but less toxic to be used. Although over recent years we have seen a spectacular advance in the survival of cancer in chilhood and few specialties have attained similar results, it is probably that a new era in research on and treatment of tumors in the infant has begun. |
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| ISSN: | 1696-7240 1988-8287 |