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Tumours are not common in childhood; nevertheless, in relatively well-developed countries with good environmental and personal health services, neoplastic disorders rank second only to accidents as a cause of death in children over the age of one year. It is estimated [2] that there are about 70 new cases of tumours in childhood per annum in a total population of about 3,000,000. Of these, over half are accounted for by the two commonest groups, leukaemia and nervous system tumours.
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Lawson, D.N., Steward, J.K. (1975). Facilities for Paediatric Cancer Cases and Children’s Tumour Registration. In: Bloom, H.J.G., Lemerle, J., Neidhardt, M.K., Voûte, P.A. (eds) Cancer in Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96258-5_9
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