Magnitude of Treatment Abandonment in Childhood Cancer.

Treatment abandonment (TxA) is recognized as a leading cause of treatment failure for children with cancer in low-and-middle-income countries (LMC). However, its global frequency and burden have remained elusive due to lack of global data. This study aimed to obtain an estimate using survey and popu...

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Main Authors: Paola Friedrich, Catherine G Lam, Elena Itriago, Rafael Perez, Raul C Ribeiro, Ramandeep S Arora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4589240?pdf=render