Analysis of needle versus open biopsy for the diagnosis of advanced stage pediatric neuroblastoma

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 875-879

  Gupta, Abha ^a   Kumar, Ashesh ^a   Walters, Sarah ^a   Chait, Peter ^a   Irwin, Meredith S ^a   Gerstle, J Ted ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Neuroblastoma; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE C MYB; OPEN BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHIMADA CLASSIFICATION; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750468693     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20666     Document Type: Review

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