The time to diagnosis in childhood lymphomas and other solid tumors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 392-397

  Cecen, Emre ^a   Gunes, Dilek ^b   Mutafoglu, Kamer ^b   Sarialioglu, Faik ^c   Olgun, Nur ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood; Delay; Diagnosis; Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR; TIME TO DIAGNOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960152262     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23072     Document Type: Article

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