Background. With improvement in survival after cancer treatment, it is becoming increasingly
important to examine treatment‐related morbidity and mortality. Sarcomas can develop in …

✓ It has previously been reported in a single-institution trial that progression-free survival of
children with medulloblastoma treated with radiotherapy and 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl …

Background. Survival for rhabdomyosarcoma appears to be more favorable in children and
adolescents compared with adults. To determine the significance of age at diagnosis as a …

Radiation therapy is an important modality in the treatment of a wide variety of neoplasms.
Skeletal complications of radiation therapy include alterations in bone growth, radiation …

In common language, the word “environment” means the physical, chemical and biological
world within which we live. In the context of research on disease etiology, the term …

Many pediatric and adolescent cancer patients are treated with carcinogenic
chemotherapeutic agents and radiation therapy to achieve permanent control of their …

From 1976 to 1989 the authors treated 21 infants and children with malignant tumors of the
chest wall. Fifteen were classified as Askin's tumors or Ewing's sarcoma, which we now …

Background. Therapeutic advances have extended survival for most children and
adolescents with cancer beyond 5 years from diagnosis. However, excess mortality …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether residents of Ontario who are exposed to radium 226
naturally occurring in drinking water are at increased risk of bone cancer. DESIGN: A …

Background: Previous studies of the genetic epidemiology of Ewing's sarcoma have shown
neither an increased incidence nor a distinct pattern of cancers in family members of Ewing's …