Making better drugs for children with cancer /

Making better drugs for children with cancer / Committee on Shortening the Time Line for New Cancer Treatments, National Cancer Policy Board ; Peter C. Adamson [and others], editors ; Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author:	National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Shortening the Time Line for New Cancer Treatments
Other Authors:	Adamson, Peter C.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Subjects:	Drug approval > United States. Cancer in children > Chemotherapy. Children. Drug approval. United States.

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.