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Annals of Oncology 2005 16(1):169-170; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdi025
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© 2005 European Society for Medical Oncology

Letter to the Editor

Statement by members of the Ponte di Legno group on the right of children with leukemia to have full access to essential treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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During the panel discussion in the Sixth International Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) meeting of the Ponte di Legno Working Group, held in San Diego in December 2003, it was apparent that recent improvements in treatment have further paradoxically widened the gap of inequality between children living in resource-rich countries and those in low-income countries. The representatives from 15 leading study groups and institutions decided to issue a statement [1Go] to lobby international and national agencies to provide the necessary drugs at affordable cost throughout the world for children with ALL or other highly curable cancer. We wish to draw a wider readership and support . . . [Full Text of this Article]

G. Tognoni, G. Masera*, C.-H. Pui, T. Eden, J. Nachman, H. Gadner, P. S. Gaynon, W. E. Evans and M. Schrappe on behalf of the Ponte di Legno Working Group

* Department of Pediatrics, University Milano-Bicocca, Via Donizetti 106, 20052 Monza, Italy Email: giuseppe.masera@pediatriamonza.it


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