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On the occasion of International Childhood Cancer Day, we take stock of these malignancies which, although rare, are the second leading cause of pediatric mortality in France and Europe.
Leukemia, lymphoma: we will see which are the most common cancers and how their management differs from that of adult cancers.
- Dr Jean Michonpediatric oncologist at theCurie Institute. President of the Society for the Fight once morest Childhood and Adolescent Cancer and Leukemia (SFCE)member of the Board of Directors of Gfaop Franco-African pediatric oncology group
- Dr Lan Phung Tuyet, pediatric oncologist,at the Vinmec International Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vice chair of the Pediatric Oncology Association of Vietnam.
- Dr Fousseyni Traore, oncopediatrician, academic at the Faculty of Medicine of Odonstomatology of Bamako in Mali
- Laurence Tardieu, mother, novelist, her son – 6 years old – is in remission from leukemia. Author of the book From dawn to dawn, to Stock editions.
