Overt testicular disease at diagnosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Prognostic significance and role of testicular irradiation

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 779-783

  Marwaha, Ram Kumar ^a   Kulkarni, K P ^a   Bansal, D ^a   Trehan, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Overall survival; Overt testicular disease; Prognostic factors; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRADIATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERT TESTICULAR DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATHOLOGY; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 77955922883     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0119-9     Document Type: Article

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