Sex cord stromal tumors of the ovary in children: A clinicopathological report from the Italian TREP project

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1062-1067

  Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Ferrari, Andrea ^b   Bernini, Gabriella ^c   Alaggio, Rita ^a   Collini, Paola ^b   Virgone, Calogero ^a   Terenziani, Monica ^b   Dall'Igna, Patrizia ^a   Cozza, Raffaele ^d   Conte, Massimo ^e   Bisogno, Gianni ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Ovarian tumors; Sex cord stromal tumors

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ANDROBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MENARCHE; OVARY TUMOR; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954533201     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22918     Document Type: Article

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