Complete surgical excision is effective treatment for children with immature teratomas with or without malignant elements: A Pediatric Oncology Group/Children's Cancer Group Intergroup study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2137-2143

  Marina, Neyssa M ^a   Cushing, Barbara ^b   Giller, Roger ^b   Cohen, Lewis ^b   Lauer, Stephen J ^b   Ablin, Arthur ^b   Weetman, Robert ^b   Cullen, John ^b   Rogers, Paul ^b   Vinocur, Charles ^b   Stolar, Charles ^b   Rescorla, Fred ^b   Hawkins, Edith ^b   Heifetz, Stephen ^b   Rao, Pejaver V ^b   Krailo, Mark ^b   Castleberry, Robert P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROECTODERM; NEWBORN; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0033026227     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.7.2137     Document Type: Article

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