Pediatric liver tumors

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-172

  Reynolds, Marleta ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyposis coli; Adolescence; Adrenal cortex hormones; Alpha fetoproteins; Antineoplastic agents; Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Biopsy; Child; Cholangiocarcinoma; Combined modality therapy; Hamartoma; Hemangioendothelioma; Hemangiosarcoma; Hepatoblastoma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Incidence; Leiomyosarcoma; Liver neoplasms; Liver transplantation; Local neoplasm recurrence; Lung neoplasms secondary; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesoderm; N ewborn infant; Neoplasm metastasis; Neoplasm staging; Preschool child; Prognosis; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Survival rate; Treatment outcome; Ultrasound; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INTERFERON; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032954253     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199903)16:2<159::AID-SSU7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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