This book was written to improve the fundamental dissemination of knowledge. It has no pretensions to replace the standard textbooks and the learned journals on pediatric oncology.
In this new edition contributions by specialist nurses and a child psychiatrist and psychooncologist considerably improve the all-round coverage. The remaining chapters systematically describe the various disease groups. Some of these chapters, together with a new chapter on emergencies in pediatric oncology, were written by Thomas Kühne, for many years my trusted colleague. Robert Arceci of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, editor-in-chief of "Pediatric Blood and Cancer," brought his vast experience to bear on the English translation.