Treatment of Wilms Tumor in Low-Income Countries: Challenges and Potential Solutions

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Future OncologyVol. 9, No. 8 EditorialTreatment of Wilms tumor in low-income countries: challenges and potential solutionsTrijn Israels, Mhamed Harif & Kathy Pritchard-JonesTrijn IsraelsVU University Medical Center, Paediatric Haematology & Oncology, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author, Mhamed HarifCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Marrakech, MoroccoSearch for more papers by this author & Kathy Pritchard-Jones* Author for correspondenceUniversity College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK. Search for more papers by this authorEmail the corresponding author at k.pritchard-jones@ich.ucl.ac.ukPublished Online:31 Jul 2013https://doi.org/10.2217/fon.13.81AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: Africalow-income countriesnephroblastomaWilms tumorReferences1 Graf N, Tournade MF, de Kraker J. 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