Lung metastases in neuroblastoma at initial diagnosis: A report from the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) project

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 589-592

  DuBois, Steven G ^a   London, Wendy B ^b   Zhang, Yang ^b   Matthay, Katherine K ^a   Monclair, Tom ^c   Ambros, Peter F ^d   Cohn, Susan L ^e   Pearson, Andrew ^f   Diller, Lisa ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung metastases; MYCN; Neuroblastoma; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 52249098003     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21684     Document Type: Article

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