Survival outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in india: A resource-limited perspective of more than 40 years

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-479

  Kulkarni, Ketan Prasad ^a,b   Arora, Ramandeep Singh ^c   Marwaha, Ram Kumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute lymphoblastic leukemia; mortality; outcome; overall survival; relapse

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051731912     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31820e7361     Document Type: Review

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