Tumours in Children.

Second, revised Edition. Edited by H.B. Marsden, J.K. Steward. . 500 pages. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York, 1976. Price, $37.80.

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We are beginning to see a much needed proliferation of textbooks on childhood cancer. The second edition of Tumours in Children is unique in that it deals with a uniform population of patients living in the Manchester Hospital region in England. It covers a 15-year span from 1954-1968 and includes analysis of data on 1589 patients. The book draws heavily on the rich resource of the Manchester Children's Tumour Registry. It is impressive to read about 30-year follow-ups.

All of the common tumours of childhood and some of the not so common are discussed. There is a wealth of case

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  1. Ann Intern Med February 1, 1978 vol. 88 no. 2 278
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