Neuroblastoma in patients over 12 years old: A 20-year experience at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan

Tumori

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 684-689

  Podda, Marta Giorgia ^a   Luksch, Roberto ^a   Polastri, Daniela ^a   Gandola, Lorenza ^a   Piva, Luigi ^a   Collini, Paola ^a   Cefalo, Graziella ^a   Terenziani, Monica ^a   Ferrari, Andrea ^a   Casanova, Michela ^a   Spreafico, Filippo ^a   Meazza, Cristina ^a   Castellani, Maria Rita ^a   Catania, Serena ^a   Schiavello, Elisabetta ^a   Marchianò, Alfonso ^a   Massimino, Maura ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Ganglioneuroblastoma; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; MITOXANTRONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 78650483493     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161009600507     Document Type: Article

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