Journal article
Prevalence and predictors of abandonment of therapy among children with cancer in El Salvador
Abstract
Abandonment of therapy is one of the most common causes of treatment failure among children with cancer in low-income countries. Our objectives were to describe the prevalence and predictors of abandonment among such children with cancer in El Salvador. We analyzed data on patients younger than 16 years, diagnosed with any malignancy between January 2001 and December 2003 at the Benjamin Bloom National Children's Hospital, San Salvador. Among …
Authors
Bonilla M; Rossell N; Salaverria C; Gupta S; Barr R; Sala A; Metzger ML; Sung L
Journal
International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 125, No. 9, pp. 2144–2146
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 2009
DOI
10.1002/ijc.24534
ISSN
0020-7136