Etiology of Acute Leukemias in Children
Childhood acute leukemias are one of the main causes of death in children aged 1 to 14 years in some countries; and unfortunately, we have been unable to prevent it. Certainly, a good parcel of it is due to the poor understanding about its etiol
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Etiology of Acute Leukemias in Children
Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré Editor
Etiology of Acute Leukemias in Children
Editor Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré Coordinación de Investigación en Salud Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Ciudad de México México
ISBN 978-3-319-05797-2 ISBN 978-3-319-05798-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05798-9
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Preface
Leukemias cause the greatest number of deaths of children in the developed world and some developing countries. Advances in the treatment of this disease laid the foundation for much of what is known today about the treatment of cancer. In some places in the world, survival rates of nearly 90 % have been attained for children with leukemia. Despite these enormous achievements, not all countries have been able to reach such survival rates for children with this disease. Even in countries where cure of this illness is most probable, the anxiety that accompanies a diagnosis of leukemia in the family and the suffering provoked by this disease underscore the great necessity of seeking measures to prevent this disease. However, it is difficult to prevent something when little is known about how and why it occurs. Nevertheless, in the history of medicine there have been examples showing that, despite not knowing with precision the cause of a disease, the fact of having a “theory” or a theoretical model that supposes the causes leading to the occurrence of that disease can lead to prevention of the illness. Such was the case of cholera in London in the time of John Snow (1813–1858). In the mid-nineteenth century the cause of cholera was not known, but Snow’s theoretical model of the pattern of outbreak o
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