Long-term results of therapy for stage C neuroblastoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 172-178

  Halperin, Edward C ^a,b  

^a DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

neuroblastoma; pediatric neoplasms; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEUROBLASTOMA; OVARY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029853206     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199611)63:3<172::AID-JSO7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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