Does Children's Oncology Group hospital membership improve survival for patients with neuroblastoma or Wilms tumor?

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 621-628

  Gutierrez, Juan C ^a   Cheung, Michael C ^a   Zhuge, Ying ^a   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^a   Sola, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FCDS; Neuroblastoma; Pediatric tumors; Volume outcomes; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; KIDNEY TUMOR; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 77957061879     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22631     Document Type: Article

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