Article
[Secondary cancers in childhood].
Revue medicale de Liege - 1 Feb 2006
Forget P, Dresse M F, Schmitz V, Hoyoux Cl
Abstract excerpt
Improved survival of pediatric cancer patients will lead to an increase of late sequellae such as secondary malignant neoplasms (SMN). Specific pediatric factors predisposing to these SMN are as follows: long expecting duration of life, high cellular proliferative potential, toxicity of often combined cancer therapies (radio- and chemotherapies) and more frequent genetic predisposition to cancer. Better...
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