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pleuropulmonary blastoma  

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  • APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT of all childhood cancers are characterized by a defect occurring during the embryonic development. One such disease is pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), a rare, aggressive, dysontogenetic neoplasm of childhood. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Pleuropulmonary Blastoma]

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