Megatherapy with hematopoietic stem cell rescue as a preoperative treatment in unresectable pediatric malignancies

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 130-133

  Oue, Takaharu ^a   Kubota, Akio ^a   Okuyama, Hiroomi ^a   Kawahara, Hisayoshi ^a   Inoue, Masami ^a   Yagi, Keiko ^a   Kawa, Keisei ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Megatherapy; Pediatric malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0037237380     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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