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The incidence of rare, malignant or borderline tumours in children in France is difficult to evaluate at the present time. Only patients with severe, recurrent or complicated forms are referred to oncology departments. The incidence of a large number of rare diseases is therefore severely underestimated, giving a false impression of the true incidence of the disease.
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Orbach, D., Reguerre, Y. (2012). France. In: Schneider, D., Brecht, I., Olson, T., Ferrari, A. (eds) Rare Tumors In Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04197-6_7
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