Epithelial thymic tumours in paediatric age: A report from the TREP project

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Carretto, Elena ^a   Inserra, Alessandro ^b   Ferrari, Andrea ^c   Conte, Massimo ^d   Di Cataldo, Andrea ^e   Migliorati, Roberta ^f   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Bisogno, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^f Pausilipon Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; CARCINOMA; RARE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RARE DISEASES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79956220680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-6-28     Document Type: Article

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