Commentary: SEER update of incidence and trends in pediatric malignancies: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 552-553

  Davies, Stella M ^a   Ross, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; NEGRO; NOTE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036887906     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10160     Document Type: Note

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