Making Better Drugs for Children with Cancer.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (56 pages)
FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Contents -- Making Better Drugs for Children with Cancer -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CHILDHOOD CANCERS: BACKGROUND -- AGENTS IN USE AND IN TESTING FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER -- THE EXISTING CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPING NEW AGENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDHOOD CANCERS -- PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER -- DELAYS IN TESTING APPROVED AGENTS IN CHILDREN -- THE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AGENTS FOR TESTING IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER -- TESTING AND LABELING OF DRUGS FOR PEDIATRIC USE -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX A Types of Childhood Cancer -- REFERENCES.
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Drug approval--United States. Cancer in children--United States. Neoplasms--drug therapy--Child--United States. Antineoplastic Agents--Child--United States. Clinical Trials--United States. Drug Approval--United States. Neoplasms--epidemiology--Child--United States.