Making better drugs for children with cancer / Committee on Shortening the Time Line for New Cancer Treatments, National Cancer Policy Board ; Peter C. Adamson [and others], editors ; Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2005], ©2005.

xiv, 42 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42).

Childhood cancers: Background -- Agents in use and in testing for children with cancer -- The existing capacity for developing new agents specifically for childhood cancers -- Putting the pieces together -- Delays in testing approved agents in children -- The need to prioritize agents for testing in children with cancer -- Testing and labeling of drugs for pediatric use.