Lessons From Pediatric HIV: A Case for Curative Intent in Pediatric Cancer in LMICs

Henry Miller¹, Jeremy S Slone^{2

3}, Eric Raabe⁴, Nader Kim El-Mallawany^{2

3}, Parth Mehta^{2

3}, B Ryan Phelps⁵

Affiliations

¹ Office of HIV/AIDS, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC; hmiller@usaid.gov.
² Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, Houston, Texas; and.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Office of HIV/AIDS, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.

Review

Henry Miller et al. Pediatrics. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;140(4):e20170525.

doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-0525. Epub 2017 Sep 14.

Henry Miller¹, Jeremy S Slone^{2

3}, Eric Raabe⁴, Nader Kim El-Mallawany^{2

3}, Parth Mehta^{2

3}, B Ryan Phelps⁵

¹ Office of HIV/AIDS, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC; hmiller@usaid.gov.
² Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, Houston, Texas; and.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Office of HIV/AIDS, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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