Childhood cancer in Italy: background, goals, and achievements of the Italian Paediatric Hematology Oncology Association (AIEOP)

Marco Zecca; Andrea Ferrari; Paola Quarello; Marco Rabusin; Adriana Balduzzi; Barbara Buldini; Elena Rostagno; Arcangelo Prete; Claudio Favre; Maura Massimino; Andrea Biondi; Fulvio Porta; Alessandra Biffi; Franco Locatelli; Andrea Pession; Franca Fagioli

doi:10.1177/03008916211007934

Childhood cancer in Italy: background, goals, and achievements of the Italian Paediatric Hematology Oncology Association (AIEOP)

Tumori. 2021 Oct;107(5):370-375. doi: 10.1177/03008916211007934. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy.
² Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
³ Pediatric Onco-Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino, Piemonte, Italy.
⁴ Institute for Maternal and Child Health, "IRCCS Burlo Garofolo" Trieste, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
⁵ Pediatric Department, University of Milano Bicocca, MBBM Foundation, ASST Monza Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Lombardia, Italy.
⁶ Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Mother and Child's Health Department, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy.
⁷ Hematology-Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁸ Paediatric Haematology/Oncology and HSCT Department, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Toscana, Italy.
⁹ Pediatric Haematology Oncology and BMT Unit, Ospedale dei Bambini, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Roma, Lazio, Italy.

PMID: 33876662
DOI: 10.1177/03008916211007934

Abstract

This article reviews the primary goals and achievements of the Italian Association for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica [AIEOP]), a national cooperative group that has been working for children and adolescents with cancer in Italy since 1975.

Keywords: AIEOP; Childhood cancer; Italy; Pediatric Hematology Oncology Association; network.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Goals
Hematology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Italy / epidemiology
Medical Oncology
Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Pediatrics
Registries