Detection of recurrence in childhood solid tumors

Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1274-1279

  Howell, Lisa ^a   Mensah, Adjoa ^b   Brennan, Bernadette ^a   Makin, Guy ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Follow up; Recurrence detection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TUMOR; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14744278944     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20896     Document Type: Article

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