The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in children with malignant solid tumors

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-99

  Davidoff, Andrew M ^a   Fernandez Pineda, Israel ^a   Santana, Victor M ^a   Shochat, Stephen J ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Local control; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Pediatric solid malignancies; Surgery

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CALCITONIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HYDROCORTISONE; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOID; CHEMORESISTANCE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NECK TUMOR; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONRHABDOMYOSARCOMA SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS TUMOR; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOID TUMOR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; SURGEON; THORAX WALL TUMOR; THYMOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

CHILD; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855864771     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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