Use of chest computed tomography in the staging of pediatric Wilms' tumor: Interobserver variability and prognostic significance

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2631-2635

  Willmas, Judith A ^a   Kaste, Sue C ^a   Kauffman, William M ^a   Winer Muram, Helen ^a   Morris, Robin ^a   Luo, Xiaolong ^a   Boyett, James M ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0030857147     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1997.15.7.2631     Document Type: Article

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