Cancer in Childhood — Solid Tumours

Treatment of cancer in childhood has made enormous progress over the last 30 years. The strategies developed for leukaemia have also had a great impact on the management and treatment results of most solid tumours (Farber 1966). So far at least, somewhat paradoxically, the more effective other forms of treatment have become, the greater is the scope and role of surgery. Ultimate surgical resection still remains one of the most important prognostic factors and effective means of complete eradication of disease. The surgeon still has a central role in determining the outcome of children with solid tumours.