The use of positron emission tomography in detecting hepatoblastoma recurrence - A cautionary tale

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1779-1781

  Wong, Kenneth K Y ^a   Lan, Lawrence C L ^a   Lin, Steve C L ^a   Tam, Paul K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hepatoblastoma; positron emission tomography; tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10944263806     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.08.033     Document Type: Article

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