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Genetic predisposition and screening in pediatric cancer.
Pediatric clinics of North America - 1 Dec 2002
Pakakasama Samart, Tomlinson Gail E
Abstract excerpt
Pediatricians are often the health care providers who first detect the signs and symptoms of childhood cancer. Although pediatric malignancies are rare diseases, early diagnosis is an important factor leading to high cure rates of many types of cancers including retinoblastomara, Wilms' tumor, hepatoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma. thyroid carcinoma, and other solid tumors. A number of familial cancer syndromes...
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