Challenges and outcome of wilms' tumour management in a resource-constrained setting

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-162

  Wilde, J C H ^a   Lameris W ^a   Van Hasselt, E H ^b   Molyneux, E M ^b   Heij, H A ^a   Borgstein, E G ^b  

^a Paediatric Dental Centre   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Nephroblastoma; treatment outcome; Wilms' tumour

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALAWI; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; WILMS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALAWI; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 77957812206     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.70416     Document Type: Article

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