Effectiveness of chemotherapy in melanotic neurectodermal tumor of infancy

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-206

  Kumari, T Priya ^a,b   Venugopal, M ^a   Mathews, Anitha ^a   Kusumakumary, P ^a  

^a Regional Cancer Centre   (India)

^b Regional Cancer Center   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Infancy; Melanotic neurectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR, MELANOTIC; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PIGMENTATION; SKULL NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144395779     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010590921450     Document Type: Article

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