@Article{Styczyński2018,
journal="Pediatria Polska - Polish Journal of Paediatrics",
issn="0031-3939",
volume="93",
number="6",
year="2018",
title="Paediatric oncology and haematology in Poland: position paper",
abstract="Paediatric oncology is a discipline of rare diseases, defined by incidence lower than five cases per 10,000 people. Around 1160 new cases of childhood malignancies are diagnosed every year in Poland (2016–2017). The incidence rate is about 151 children per 1 million paediatric population a year. It is calculated that one out of 6600 children develops malignancy during one calendar year. Children with oncological diseases are treated in 18 centres accredited by the Polish Society of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology. Modern treatment for childhood cancer is based on multimodal therapy including multi-agent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, haematopoietic cell transplantation, and immunotherapy. All children in Poland are treated according to international therapeutic protocols in cooperation with international centres, which run as academic clinical trials. With this approach children with malignancy in Poland receive the same treatment as children in Western Europe. In this review we present current advances in diagnostics, treatment, and supportive care in paediatric oncology and haematology in Poland.",
author="Styczyński, Jan
and Balwierz, Walentyna
and Dembowska-Bagińska, Bożenna
and Kazanowska, Bernarda
and Wachowiak, Jacek
and Matysiak, Michał
and Klukowska, Anna
and Krawczuk-Rybak, Maryna
and Adamkiewicz-Drożyńska, Elżbieta
and Młynarski, Wojciech
and Irga-Jaworska, Ninela
and Bień, Ewa
and Kowalczyk, Jerzy
and Samardakiewicz, Marzena
and Raciborska, Anna
and Kałwak, Krzysztof
and Wróbel, Grażyna
and Pietras, Wojciech
and Ussowicz, Marek
and Godziński, Jan
and Urasiński, Tomasz
and Peregud-Pogorzelski, Jarosław
and Badowska, Wanda
and Karolczyk, Grażyna
and Sobol-Milejska, Grażyna
and Chaber, Radosław
and Woszczyk, Mariola
and Wysocki, Mariusz
and Szczepański, Tomasz",
pages="451--461",
doi="10.5114/polp.2018.82653",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/polp.2018.82653"
}