Late effect clinic e An integral part of childhood cancer treatment

Biswajit B

doi:10.1016/j.jyp.2014.01.001

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Late effect clinic e An integral part of childhood cancer treatment

Biswajit B¹^★★ Corresponding author

¹Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, JIPMER, Puducherry 605 006, INDIA.

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Biswajit B

Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, JIPMER, Puducherry 605 006, INDIA.

drbiswajitd@yahoo.com

Volume 5, Issue 4 · pp. 111 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2014.01.001

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The age adjusted incidence rate of childhood cancer in India is 38e124 per million children per year. The most common malignancies in childhood include Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Brain tumours.1 The 5 year overall survival in most of the population based cancer registry in India is between 40e50%, which is lower compared to western population.1 The reasons for lower survival include biology of the disease, financial constraint, accessibility to health care, sex discrimination and abandonment of treatment.

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DOI10.1016/j.jyp.2014.01.001

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B, B. (). Late effect clinic e An integral part of childhood cancer treatment. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 5(4), 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jyp.2014.01.001