Role of CT in assessment of unresectable Wilms' tumor response after preoperative chemotherapy in pediatrics

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Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 661-669

  Refaie, Huda ^a   Sarhan, Mohamed ^a   Hafez, Ashraf ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; CT; Unresectable; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PEDIATRICS; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN EMBOLISM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 47349093635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2008.96     Document Type: Article

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