Results of rhabdomyosarcoma treatment in a developing country

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 173-177

  Karakas, Zeynep ^a   Agaoglu, Leyla ^a   Biner, Betul ^a   Devecioglu, Omer ^a   Anak, Sema ^a   Yalman, Nevin ^a   Unuvar, Aysegul ^a   Celik, Alaattin ^a   Gedikoglu, Gunduz ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Pediatric oncology; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034243214     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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