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Intraabdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumors†

A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

  1. Imran Hassan M.D.1,
  2. Roman Shyyan M.D.1,
  3. John H. Donohue M.D.1,
  4. John H. Edmonson M.D.2,
  5. Leonard L. Gunderson M.D.3,
  6. Christopher R. Moir M.D.1,
  7. Carola A.S. Arndt M.D.4,
  8. Antonio G. Nascimento M.D.5,
  9. Florencia G. Que M.D.1,‡,*

Article first published online: 3 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21282

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 104, Issue 6, pages 1264–1270, 15 September 2005

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Hassan, I., Shyyan, R., Donohue, J. H., Edmonson, J. H., Gunderson, L. L., Moir, C. R., Arndt, C. A.S., Nascimento, A. G. and Que, F. G. (2005), Intraabdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumors. Cancer, 104: 1264–1270. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21282

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  1. 1

    Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  2. 2

    Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  3. 3

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona

  4. 4

    Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  5. 5

    Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  1. ‡

    Fax: (507) 284-5196

*Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street South West, Rochester, MN 55905

  1. †

    Presented as a poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 2003, Chicago, Illinois, and published in abstract form in the Annual Proceedings, 2003.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 31 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 3 AUG 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 APR 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 24 MAR 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 29 NOV 2004

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