Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors: A population-based clinical outcomes study involving 174 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (1973–2010)

Cancer Management and Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 301-309

  Lau, Christine S M ^a,b   Mahendraraj, Krishnaraj ^a   Chamberlain, Ronald S ^a,b,c  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Childhood brain cancer; Pediatric cancer; Rare tumors; SEER database

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL TERATOID RHABDOID TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84942306205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S88561     Document Type: Article

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