Comparison of the prognostic value of assessing tumor diameter versus tumor volume at diagnosis or in response to initial chemotherapy in rhabdomyosarcoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1322-1328

  Ferrari, Andrea ^a   Miceli, Rosalba ^a   Meazza, Cristina ^a   Casanova, Michela ^a   Favini, Francesca ^a   Morosi, Carlo ^a   Trecate, Giovanna ^a   Marchianò, Alfonso ^a   Luksch, Roberto ^a   Cefalo, Graziella ^a   Terenziani, Monica ^a   Spreafico, Filippo ^a   Polastri, Daniela ^a   Podda, Marta ^a   Catania, Serena ^a   Schiavello, Elisabetta ^a   Giannatempo, Patrizia ^a   Gandola, Lorenza ^a   Massimino, Maura ^a   Mariani, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIAMETER; TUMOR VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950472843     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.0803     Document Type: Article

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