Significance of Pleural Effusion at Diagnosis of Wilms Tumor

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-148

  Corey, Bethany ^a   Yang, Chen Ho ^a   Wilimas, Judith A ^a   Davidoff, Andrew ^a   Dome, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Nephroblastoma; Pleural effusion; Radiation therapy; Staging

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEPHELOMETRY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0842268430     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.10429     Document Type: Article

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