Improved long-term survival with preoperative chemotherapy for hepatoblastoma

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 999-1003

  Ehrlich, Peter F ^a   Greenberg, Mark L ^a   Filler, Robert M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Hepatoblastoma; Liver neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN;

BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030836628     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90386-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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