Screening for Wilms tumor and hepatoblastoma in children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromes: A cost-effective model

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-356

  Elizabeth McNeil, D ^a   Brown, Martin ^b   Ching, Alex ^c   Debaun, Michael R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Cancer screening; Cost effectiveness analysis; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0034799046     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.1209     Document Type: Article

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