Wilms' tumor in the adult report of a case and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Tawil, Ayman ^a,d   Cox, Jeremiah N ^a   Roth, Arnaud D ^a   Briner, Jacob ^b   Droz, Jean Pierre ^c   Remadi, Sami ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adult; Genetics; Nephroblastoma; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; TENIPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; RELAPSE; REMISSION;

EID: 0033033460     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(99)80081-8     Document Type: Article

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