Bilateral renal cancer in children: A difficult, challenging and changing management problem

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-204

  Abdel Hamid, A M ^a   Rogers, P B ^a   Sibtain, A ^a   Plowman, P N ^a,b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital for Sick Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Nephron sparing surgery; Renal lymphoma; Renal radiotherapy; Wilms' tumour

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEPHRON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032791757     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.1999.9044     Document Type: Article

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