Table of Contents: Making better drugs for children with cancer /

Corporate Author:	National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Shortening the Time Line for New Cancer Treatments.
Other Authors:	Adamson, Peter C.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Subjects:	Drug approval > United States. Cancer in children > Chemotherapy. Neoplasms > drug therapy. Antineoplastic Agents. Child. Clinical Trials. Drug Approval. Neoplasms > epidemiology. Antineoplastic agents. Oncology. MEDICAL > Drug Guides. MEDICAL > Pharmacology. MEDICAL > Pharmacy. MEDICAL > Nursing United States.
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Table of Contents:

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.