Preresection chemotherapy improves survival for children with Askin tumors

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 877-880

  Sawin, Robert S ^a,b   Conrad III, Ernst U ^a   Park, Julie R ^a   Waldhausen, John H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 5371 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029764919     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430200087015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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