Cancer in Children

Edited by PA Voûte, Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Kinder Ziekenhuis, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ann Barrett, Professor of Oncology, University of East Anglia, School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, Norwich, UK, Michael C.G Stevens, Professor of Paediatric Oncology, University of Bristol, UK, and Hubert N Caron, Professor of Paediatric Oncology, University of Amsterdam, Head of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Contributors: Mr Charles A. Stiller, Senior Research Fellow, Childhood Cancer Research Group, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK G.J Draper Dr Oskar A. Haas, Professor of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, CCRI, St Anna's Children's Hospital, Vienna Professor Rogier Versteeg, Professor in Genetics and Pediatric Oncology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Professor Gilles Vassal, Professor of Oncology, Paediatrician and Pharmacologist, Institut Gustave Roussy, France Dr Arnauld Verschuur, Pediatric Haematologist/Oncologist, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr Elizabeth Fox Dr Peter C. Adamson, Division Chief, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Dr Andreas Schuck, Consultant Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany Professor Hélène Martelli, Professor of Medicine, Hôpital de Bicêtre, France Dr Marianne D. van de Wetering, Paediatric Oncologist, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr Bob F. Last, Clinical Psychologist, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr Martha A. Grootenhuis, Research Psychologist, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Helen Irving, Senior Staff Specialist, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Dr Meriel E.M. Jenney, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Llandough Hospital, Cardiff, UK Dr Kjeld Schmiegelow, Consultant Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Dr Goran Gustafsson, Associate Professor, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Unit, Stockholm, Sweden Dr Brenda Gibson, Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland Dr Geoff Shenton, Specialist Registrar in Haematology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland Dr Catherine Patte, Service de pediatrie, Institut Gustave Roussy, France Dr Odile Oberlin, Paediatric Oncologist, Institut Gustave Roussy, France Prof. Dr. Helmut Gadner, Professor pf Paediatrics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Dr Nicole Grois, St Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Richard Pötter, Professor of Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Thomas Czech, Assistant Professor, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Karin Dieckmann, Radiotherapist, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. I. Slavc, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. D. Wimberger-Prayer, University Hospital, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. H. Budka, Professor of Neuropathology, Institute Director, Institute of Neurology, University of Vienna, Austria Dr Gianni Bisogno, Consultant Pediatric Oncologist, Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy Dr Christophe Bergeron, Résponsable du Département d'oncologie pédiatrie, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France Dr Stefan S. Bielack, Department of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology, University of Muenster, Germany Dr Mark L. Bernstein, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Dr Michael Paulussen, Paediatric Oncologist, University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kovar, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Children's Cancer Research Institute, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Heribert Jürgens, Professor of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Universitaetskinderklinik, Germany Dr Beatriz de Camargo, Head of the Paediatric Department, Hospit