High survival rates after liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 646-650

  Kosola, Silja ^a,b   Lauronen, Jouni ^a   Sairanen, Heikki ^a   Heikinheimo, Markku ^a   Jalanko, Hannu ^a   Pakarinen, Mikko ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

children; hepatoblastoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver transplantation; malignancy; survival

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954521903     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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