Burkitt lymphoma: Residual abdominal tumor volume after induction therapy correlates with outcome

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 761-762

  Hesseling, Peter ^a   McCormick, Peter ^b   Kouya, Francine ^b   Soh, Felicite ^b   Katayi, Tshimwanga ^b   Noglik, Genny ^b   Kidd, Martin ^a   Kenyu, Ernest ^b   Ngam, Ivo ^b   Tata, George ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board Hospitals ^*  (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; Endemic Burkitt lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957067855     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22602     Document Type: Article

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