Paratesticular neuroblastoma: A case against metastatic disease?

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-189

  Van Den Berg, Henk ^a   Caron, Hubert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1p deletion; Multicentricity; Myc amplification; Neuroblastoma; Scrotum; Sympathic nerve tissue; Testis

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; IFOSFAMIDE; IODINE 131; MELPHALAN; TENIPOSIDE; THYROXINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DISEASE;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247596874     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318033506a     Document Type: Article

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