Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh

Cancer in children is emerging as a significant threat to life as deaths from infections and malnutrition have begun to decrease due to concerted maternal and child health initiatives. Efforts are being made to create a comprehensive service for children with Cancer. The major challenges to be overc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Islam, Afiqul, Eden, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
South Asia update
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455571
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.110516
_version_ 1782297526103179264
author Islam, Afiqul
Eden, Tim
author_facet Islam, Afiqul
Eden, Tim
author_sort Islam, Afiqul
collection PubMed
description Cancer in children is emerging as a significant threat to life as deaths from infections and malnutrition have begun to decrease due to concerted maternal and child health initiatives. Efforts are being made to create a comprehensive service for children with Cancer. The major challenges to be overcome are professional and public awareness, late diagnosis, perceptions of incurablity, treatment refusal and abandonment, toxic deaths and drug costs/inconsistent availability.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3876649
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-38766492014-01-16 Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh Islam, Afiqul Eden, Tim South Asian J Cancer South Asia update Cancer in children is emerging as a significant threat to life as deaths from infections and malnutrition have begun to decrease due to concerted maternal and child health initiatives. Efforts are being made to create a comprehensive service for children with Cancer. The major challenges to be overcome are professional and public awareness, late diagnosis, perceptions of incurablity, treatment refusal and abandonment, toxic deaths and drug costs/inconsistent availability. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3876649/ /pubmed/24455571 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.110516 Text en Copyright: © South Asian Journal of Cancer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle South Asia update
Islam, Afiqul
Eden, Tim
Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh
title Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh
title_full Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh
title_short Brief report on pediatric oncology in Bangladesh
title_sort brief report on pediatric oncology in bangladesh
topic South Asia update
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455571
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.110516
work_keys_str_mv AT islamafiqul briefreportonpediatriconcologyinbangladesh
AT edentim briefreportonpediatriconcologyinbangladesh

Ejemplares similares