From upfront nephrectomy to preoperative chemotherapy and back: A single institution experience in the treatment of wilms tumor

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 333-338

  Sultan, Iyad ^a,d   Masarweh, Main ^a   Ismael, Taleb ^a   Al Hussaini, Maysa ^a   Almousa, Abdelatif ^a   Ali, Hani M ^b   Rodriguez Galindo, Carlos ^c   Ghandour, Khalil ^a  

^a Department of Pediatric Oncology ^*  (Jordan)

^b King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC)   (Jordan)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Doxorubicin; Nephrectomy; Preoperative chemotherapy; Wilms

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SIOP PROTOCOL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 66149112162     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31819b71ff     Document Type: Article

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