High-dose melphalan with autologous marrow for treatment of advanced neuroblastoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 86-94

  Pritchard, J ^a   McElwain, T J ^b   Graham Pole, J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FUROSEMIDE; MELPHALAN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POTASSIUM; TENIPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE; DRUG THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMAN; MELPHALAN; NEUROBLASTOMA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0020059019     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1982.11     Document Type: Article

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