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Unprecedented gains have been made in the cure rates for childhood cancer during the past four decades. This progress reflects steady improvement in treatment protocols, a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, adequate hospital infrastructure, and psychosocial and economic support for affected families. Perhaps the greatest success has been the 80 percent cure rate among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are treated in a modern center. Most of these survivors have long, productive lives, are well integrated into their communities, and make substantial contributions to society.¹ But this story of medical achievement is tempered by the harsh reality that more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Ribeiro is director of the International Outreach Program and Dr. Pui is director of the Leukemia/Lymphoma Division at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Dr. Pui is also a clinical research professor at the American Cancer Society.

Cancer in Developing Countries: The Great Challenge for Oncology in the 21st Century, edited by S. Tanneberger, F. Cavalli, and F. Pannuti, was published by Zuckschwerdt, Munich, 2004.

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