Liver transplantation and chemotherapy in children with unresectable primary hepatic malignancies: Development of a management algorithm

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-493

  Chen, Li Ern ^a   Shepherd, Ross W ^a   Nadler, Michelle L ^a   Chapman, William C ^a   Kotru, Anil ^a   Lowell, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic; Liver; Pediatric; Transplantation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA;

ALGORITHMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SARCOMA;

EID: 33750034198     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000235977.59873.e0     Document Type: Article

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