The Children's Oncology Group (COG) recently celebrated the milestone of 50 years of
pediatric clinical trials and collaborative research in oncology. Our group had its origins in …

The four national paediatric cancer clinical trials organisations in the United States—the
Children's Cancer Group, the National Wilms' Tumor Study Group, the Intergroup …

Cancer in Children is the first volume in this new series, sponsored by the DICC, on the
treatment of cancer. The editors and authors feel strongly that more standardization is …

Abstract In Germany and Austria, more than 90% of pediatric cancer patients are enrolled
into nationwide disease‐specific first‐line clinical trials or interim registries. Essential …

Four out of five children diagnosed with cancer can be cured with contemporary cancer
therapy. This represents a dramatic improvement since 50 years ago when the cure rate of …

Progress in the study and treatment of childhood cancer is arguably the most remarkable
and rewarding story of cancer therapy in the past five decades. During this time, five-year …

One area of amazing recent medical advances has been childhood cancers, for which
survival rates have quadrupled over the past four decades and now exceed 80%. This …

BACKGROUND After injuries, cancer is the leading cause of death in children younger than
15 years in the United States. Despite dramatic increases in 5‐year survival rates, more than …

Most people are unaware of the most common fatal disease of childhood. They are
surprised to learn that cancer is the number one disease killer of children from late in-fancy …

Purpose This report provides an overview of current childhood cancer statistics to facilitate
analysis of the impact of past research discoveries on outcome and provide essential …