Children, adolescents, and young adults with leukemia: The empty half of the glass is growing

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 4037-4038

  Bleyer, Archie ^a   Siegel, Stuart E ^b   Coccia, Peter F ^c   Stock, Wendy ^d   Seibel, Nita L ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84869417194     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.44.7466     Document Type: Letter

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