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This chapter will discuss management of pediatric tumors including Wilms’ tumor, neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, pediatric Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and retinoblastoma.
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We thank Stuart Y. Tsuji MD, PhD, and Linda W. Chan, MD, for their work on the prior edition of this chapter.
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Raleigh, D.R., Haas-Kogan, D.A., Braunstein, S.E. (2018). Pediatric (Non-CNS) Tumors. In: Hansen, E., Roach III, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62642-0_41
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