Familial adenomatous polyposis in two brothers with hepatoblastoma: Implications for diagnosis and screening

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 851-854

  Sanders, Robert P ^a   Furman, Wayne L ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

APC gene; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Hepatoblastoma; Inherited cancer syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXON; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENES, APC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIGREE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIBLINGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749187306     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20556     Document Type: Review

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