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Pediatric
oncology as a specialty was virtually nonexistent in the early 1980s in India. Most children were treated, often unsuccessfully, by adult oncologists in a few
cancer centers or by self-trained pediatricians in medical colleges. There was lack of excellent quality pediatric
cancer units (PCU) and multidisciplinary or protocol based care. there have been only a couple of pediatric oncologists, who were usually trained abroad. The first dedicated pediatric
cancer unit was started in Tata Memorial Hospital in 1985. In a nationwide survey of pediatric
oncology services in 1988, 50% of
cancer centers had adult oncologists treating children, only 10% had trained pediatric oncologists, and less than 15% had dedicated beds for pediatric patients or facilities for platelet transfusion. A similar survey done recently in quite 275 medical colleges or
cancer centers revealed a far better but far away from ideal picture – more than 50% of medical colleges didn't have facilities or expertise for treating children with cancer. Even within the treating centers, availability of facilities like immunophenotyping, nuclear imaging, cytogenetics, trained
oncology nurses, nutritionists, radiotherapy, blood components and morphine is extremely limited.
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