Focal versus diffuse anaplasia in Wilms tumor - New definitions with prognostic significance: A report from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 909-920

  Faria, Paulo ^a,b   Beckwith, J Bruce ^a   Mishra, Kiran ^a,c   Zuppan, Craig ^a   Weeks, Douglas A ^a   Breslow, Norman ^d   Green, Daniel M ^e  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Instituto National do Cancer   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasia; Nephroblastoma; Ploidy; Prognostic marker; Resistance marker; Tumor stage; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PLOIDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ANAPLASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0029904405     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199608000-00001     Document Type: Article

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