Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1965-1971 , October 2009

Body wall and visceral nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas in children and adolescents

  • Fariba Navid

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA. Tel.: +1 901 595 2573; fax: +1 901 521 9005.
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  • Catherine A. Billups

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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  • Matthew J. Krasin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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  • Andrew M. Davidoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
    • ,
  • JoAnn Harper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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  • Bhaskar N. Rao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
    • ,
  • Sheri L. Spunt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

Received 3 December 2008 ,Revised 4 February 2009 ,Accepted 6 February 2009.

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☆ Supported in part by Cancer Center grant CA23099 and Cancer Center Support CORE grant, P30 CA 21765, from the National Cancer Institute, and by the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities.

PII: S0022-3468(09)00151-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.066

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1965-1971 , October 2009

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