The impact of early sonographic evaluation on hospital admissions of children with suspected acute appendicitis

The impact of early resection of primary

The impact of early resection of primary neuroblastoma on the survival of children older than 1 year of age with stage 4 disease : The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience

✍ Lisa M. McGregor; Bhaskar N. Rao; Andrew M. Davidoff; Catherine A. Billups; Sura 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 183 KB 👁 3 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND It remains unclear whether primary tumor resection benefits patients with metastatic neuroblastoma. The authors assessed the impact of extent and timing of resection on outcome in these patients. ## METHODS The authors reviewed the records of 124 patients > 1 year of ag