Is complete surgical resection of stage 4 neuroblastoma a prerequisite for optimal survival or may >95 % tumour resection suffice?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 953-959

  Zwaveling, S ^a,b   Tytgat, G A M ^c,d   Van Der Zee, D C ^a   Wijnen, M H W A ^b   Heij, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neuroblastoma; Resection; Stage 4; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; NEUROBLASTOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866742374     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-012-3109-3     Document Type: Review

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