Childhood cancer in Italy: background, goals, and achievements of the Italian Paediatric Hematology Oncology Association (AIEOP).

Marco ZeccaAndrea C FerrariPaola QuarelloMarco RabusinAdriana BalduzziBarbara BuldiniElena RostagnoArcangelo PreteClaudio FavreMaura MassiminoAndrea BiondiFulvio PortaAlessandra BiffiFranco LocatelliAndrea PessionFranca Fagioli

Published in: Tumori (2021)

This article reviews the primary goals and achievements of the Italian Association for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica [AIEOP]), a national cooperative group that has been working for children and adolescents with cancer in Italy since 1975.

Keyphrases

childhood cancer
young adults
palliative care
emergency department
papillary thyroid
intensive care unit
randomized controlled trial
lymph node metastasis