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Childhood and adult cancers: contrasts and commonalities.
Maturitas - 1 Sept 2013
Murphy Michael F G, Bithell John F, Stiller Charles A, Kendall Gerald M, O'Neill Kate A
Abstract excerpt
Tumours occurring in children differ considerably from those occurring at older ages but exhibit common features. Those occurring in the teenage/young adult (TYA) years represent a transitional mixture of child and adult tumours and pose a considerable challenge for optimal clinical management and service provision. Nevertheless the fundamental processes of malignant change, arising from genetic/epigenetic...
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