Outcomes and prognostic factors of Chinese children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Hong Kong: Preliminary results

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Shing, Matthew Ming Kong ^a   Li, Chi Kong ^a   Chik, Ki Wai ^a   Lam, Tai Kwan ^a   Lai, Howard Dan Ho ^a   Ng, Margaret Heung Ling ^a   Cheung, Albert Y K ^a   Yuen, Patrick M P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Childhood ALL; Chinese; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CHINESE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPARAGINASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAUNORUBICIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0344938309     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199902)32:2<117::AID-MPO9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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