The search for child cancer drugs grows up

Of the approximately 120 approved cancer therapies, roughly 30 are used in children, and only half of those have pediatric information included on their labels. Moreover, new cancer therapies are usually considered for use in children only several years after the results of successful adult clinical...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature medicine 2011-03, Vol.17 (3), p.267-267
1. Verfasser:	Morgan, Branwen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/154/109 631/154/309/2144 692/699/67/2332 Animals Antimitotic agents Antineoplastic agents Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cancer Cancer in children Cancer Research Chemotherapy Child Dosage and administration Drug therapy Forecasts and trends Humans Infectious Diseases Medical research Metabolic Diseases Molecular Medicine Neoplasms - drug therapy Neurosciences news Pediatric pharmacology Pediatrics Pharmaceutical sciences Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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Zusammenfassung:	Of the approximately 120 approved cancer therapies, roughly 30 are used in children, and only half of those have pediatric information included on their labels. Moreover, new cancer therapies are usually considered for use in children only several years after the results of successful adult clinical cancer trials have been published.
ISSN:	1078-8956 1546-170X
DOI:	10.1038/nm0311-267