Survival after liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma: a 2-center experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1973-1981

  Browne, Marybeth ^a   Sher, Dani ^a   Grant, David ^b   Deluca, Enza ^b   Alonso, Estella ^a   Whitington, Peter F ^a   Superina, Riccardo A ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Hepatoblastoma; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMIFOSTINE; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; IRINOTECAN; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 55649124832     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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