National Childhood Cancer Registry has been operated since 1971 by the Hungarian Paediatric Oncology Network. This Registry collects data on epidemiology, treatment modalities and effectiveness, as well as late follow-up ...

BACKGROUND: Survival and cure rates for childhood cancers in Europe have greatly improved over the past 40 years and are mostly good, although not in all European countries. The EUROCARE-5 survival study estimates survival ...

Acute myeloid leukemias (AML) comprising approximately 15 % of pediatric leukemias account for 30 % of all leukemic deaths in children worldwide. The 5-year overall survival (OS) rate now reaches 60-65 % in Western Europe, ...

Objective: Our aims were to compare the vitamin D status of children with and without cancer and to examine the possible correlation between vitamin D levels in children with cancer before initiating treatment and prognosis. ...

BACKGROUND: The objective of this report was to estimate long-term outcome and prognostic factors in children and adolescents with osteosarcoma. A large group of osteosarcoma patients were analyzed at our national oncology ...

With the advancement of molecular oncology, numerous new opportunities are available for the effective and efficient treatment of patients diagnosed with childhood brain tumors. This includes gene panel analysis aiding ...