Epidemiology of childhood cancer

P Kaatsch - Cancer treatment reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
The present contribution reports childhood cancer incidence and survival rates as well as
time trends and geographical variation. The report is based on the databases of population …

Chemotherapeutic adjuvant treatment for osteosarcoma: where do we stand?

JK Anninga, H Gelderblom, M Fiocco, JR Kroep… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
AIM: Since the introduction of chemotherapy, survival in localised high-grade osteosarcoma
has improved considerably. However, there is still no worldwide consensus on a standard …

Childhood cancer survival in Europe 1999–2007: results of EUROCARE-5—a population-based study

G Gatta, L Botta, S Rossi, T Aareleid… - The lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Survival and cure rates for childhood cancers in Europe have greatly improved
over the past 40 years and are mostly good, although not in all European countries. The …

Osteosarcoma incidence and survival rates from 1973 to 2004: data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program

L Mirabello, RJ Troisi, SA Savage - … International Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Osteosarcoma, which is the most common primary bone tumor, occurs
most frequently in adolescents, but there is a second incidence peak among individuals …

The epidemiological challenge of the most frequent eye cancer: retinoblastoma, an issue of birth and death

T Kivelä - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com
Many papers on retinoblastoma open with a statement that it is the most common primary
intraocular cancer in children and a rare disease. True enough. After reflecting a little longer …

International osteosarcoma incidence patterns in children and adolescents, middle ages and elderly persons

L Mirabello, RJ Troisi, SA Savage - International journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Osteosarcoma incidence rates in the United States peak in adolescence and in the elderly.
The international patterns of osteosarcoma incidence in children have been described …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic cancer therapy: achievements and challenges that lie ahead

MO Palumbo, P Kavan, WH Miller Jr… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
In the last half of the century, advances in the systemic therapy of cancer, including
chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy have been …

Anti-Müllerian hormone: an ovarian reserve marker in primary ovarian insufficiency

JA Visser, I Schipper, JSE Laven… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), also known as premature ovarian failure, is a disorder of
infertility characterized by amenorrhoea, low estrogen levels and increased gonadotropin …

Stem-like cells in bone sarcomas: implications for tumorigenesis

CP Gibbs, VG Kukekov, JD Reith, O Tchigrinova… - Neoplasia, 2005 - Elsevier
Bone sarcomas are a clinically and molecularly heterogeneous group of malignancies
characterized by varying degrees of mesenchymal differentiation. Despite advances in …

Using epidemiology and genomics to understand osteosarcoma etiology

SA Savage, L Mirabello - Sarcoma, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Osteosarcoma is a primary bone malignancy that typically occurs during adolescence but
also has a second incidence peak in the elderly. It occurs most commonly in the long bones …