Adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated at pediatric versus adult hospitals

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 801-806

  Pole, J D ^a,b   Alibhai, S M H ^c   Ethier, M C ^d   Teuffel, O ^e   Portwine, C ^f   Zelcer, S ^g   Johnston, D L ^h   Silva, M ⁱ   Alexander, S ^e   Brandwein, J M ^c   Sung, L ^d,e  

^a PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Adolescent and young adult; Cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTED SURVIVAL PROPORTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 84874559493     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds518     Document Type: Article

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