About the Book
1. Childhood Cancer in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries in the Twenty-first Century
DC Stefan
2. Cancer Registries and the Descriptive Epidemiology of Pediatric Cancer in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Karina B. Ribeiro & Lindsay Frazier
3. The role of international organizations on collaboration for global pediatric cancer control
Tezer Kutluk & Julie Torode
4. The role of twinning programs and telemedicine in pediatric oncology in developing countries
Valentino Conter, Roberto Polillo, Erica Brivio, Agostino Faravelli, Giuseppe Masera
5. Pediatric Cancer Units and Optimization of Resources
Paola Friedrich, Natalie McCall, Aziza Shad
6. Early Warning Signs of Cancer in Children / Models for Early Diagnosis
Stelios Poyiadjis & Lisine Tuyisenge
7. Care and Prevention of Infection
Miguela A. Caniza & Gabriela Maron
8. Nutritional Assessment and Intervention
Paul C Rogers & Judy Schoeman
9. Oncologic Emergencies in developing countries
Inam Chitke & Scott C. Howard
10. Essential Medicines and Pharmacy Services in Developing Countries
John T. Wiernikowski & Ronald D. Barr
11. Palliative and Supportive Care
Jan Du Plessis & David N. Korones
12. Psycho-social Aspects / Parent Support Groups
Kenneth Dollman, Wondu Bekele, & Kazuyo Watanabe
13. Nursing Care of Children with Cancer in Limited Resource Settings
Lisa Morrissey, Julia Challinor, Sr. Eleanor De Beer, & Colleen Nixon
14. Paediatric Radiotherapy in Developing countries
Jeannette Parkes & Julie Wetter
15. Procedures in Pediatric Oncology: Practical Guidelines
Furqan Shaikh, Kalid Asrat, Chifumbe Chintu
16. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Stephen P. Hunger & Federico G. Antillon
17. Acute Myeloid Leukemia
M. Bonilla & R. Ribeiro
18. Hodgkin Lymphoma
Monika Metzger & Mhamed Harif
19. Non Hodgkin Lymphoma in Low and Middle resource countries
David K Stones & Biobele J Brown
20. Retinoblastoma
Guillermo L Chantada & Carlos Leal Leal
21. Soft tissue sarcomas in developing countries
Iyad Sultan, Roberta Ortiz, & Andrea Ferrari
22. BONE TUMORS
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Fulgencio Baez, & Ana Patricia Alcasabas
23. Neuroblastoma
Soad Fuentes Alabí & Nehal S. Parikh
24. Nephroblastoma in developing countries - a practical approach
J J Atteby, Norbert Graf, & Gordan M. Vujanic
25. Paediatric neuro-oncology in countries with limited resources
Nisreen Amayiri & Eric Bouffet
26. HIV and malignancy in children
Joyce Balagadde - Kambugu, Jackson Orem, & D Cristina Stefan
27. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant in developing countries- practical guidelines
Julia Palma B & Cristián Sotomayor F
About the Author:
Dr. Cristina Stefan is Professor, Senior Consultant, and Head of Hematology and Oncology Service, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Children's Hospital (South Africa).
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo is Associate Medical Director for Clinical Trials at the Dana-Farber Harvard Medical Cancer Center, the Director of the Pediatric Solid Tumor Program, Medical Director of the Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials, Program Leader for Experimental Therapeutics in the Department of Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital.
