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Neonatal Malignancies

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Neoplastic or tumorlike conditions are rare in the fetus and newborn, but pose important diagnostic and therapeutic problems for pediatricians and oncologists, as well as provoking enormous emotional burdens on parents and caregivers. They also present significant medical and ethical dilemmas.

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  1. Pediatric Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

    S. Catania, S. Chiaravalli, F. Fossati Bellani & M. Massimino

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    Giuseppe Buonocore

  2. Medicina della Riproduzione, Università di Siena Dipto. Pediatria, Ostetricia e, Siena, Italy

    Rodolfo Bracci

  3. Liverpool Women's Hospital Neonatal Unit, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Michael Weindling

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Catania, S., Chiaravalli, S., Bellani, F.F., Massimino, M. (2016). Neonatal Malignancies. In: Buonocore, G., Bracci, R., Weindling, M. (eds) Neonatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18159-2_249-1

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