Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2014 Aug 10;32(23):2391-7.
doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.6571. Epub 2014 Apr 14.

Milestones in the curability of pediatric cancers

Melissa M Hudson  1 , Michael P Link  2 , Joseph V Simone  3
Affiliations

Milestones in the curability of pediatric cancers

Melissa M Hudson et al. J Clin Oncol. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Five-year survival rates for two time periods for pediatric cancer diagnosed from birth to 19 years old. Five-year survival is presented for all sites (International Classification of Childhood Cancers) and specific histologic subtypes contrasting outcomes for children diagnosed between 1975 and 1979 with those diagnosed between 2003 and 2009. Data obtained from the National Cancer Institute SEER program from nine SEER registries based on patient cases observed through 2010.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Ward E, Desantis C, Robbins A, et al. Childhood and adolescent cancer statistics, 2014. CA Cancer J Clin. [epub ahead of print on January 31, 2014] - PubMed
    1. Djerassi I, Farber S, Abir E, et al. Continuous infusion of methotrexate in children with acute leukemia. Cancer. 1967;20:233–242. - PubMed
    1. Skipper HE, Thomson JR, Elion GB, et al. Observations on the anticancer activity of 6-mercaptopurine. Cancer Res. 1954;14:294–298. - PubMed
    1. Goldman ID. A model system for the study of heteroexchange diffusion: Methotrexate-folate interactions in L1210 leukemia and Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1971;233:624–634. - PubMed
    1. Shackney SE. A computer model for tumor growth and chemotherapy, and its application to L1210 leukemia treated with cytosine arabinoside (NSC-63878) Cancer Chemother Rep. 1970;54:399–429. - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources