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Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration on Children and Cancer Care and Prevention
This book consists of papers presented at the 1st Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Workshop on Cancer and Children (IRCCC 2009), which was held on the 14th of November 2007, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The panel consisted of internationally renowned speakers from the UK, Greece, Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey. The main objective of the IRCCC is to establish a centre of excellence for research on cancer issues as they relate to young people, at, and through the South East Europe Research Centre in Thessaloniki, Greece. This involves an established collaboration with leading paediatricians, oncologists and behavioural scientists within the Balkan region and beyond.
The book comprises seven chapters organised along three themes:
- Smoking in the Balkans and health consequences
- Care of children with cancer on diagnosis
- Long-term care of survivors of child cancer
