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Gastrointestinal and oncologic outcomes of pediatric gastrointestinal lymphoma following upfront resection or biopsy of bowel masses.

Mohd Yusran OthmanHuma Faiz HalepotaYun Le LinnYork Tien LeeKenneth T E ChangSummaiyya Hanum AhamedJoyce C M LamRajat BhattacharyyaAh Moy TanAmos Hong Pheng Loh
Published in: Pediatric surgery international (2021)
Children with upfront attempted resection had low rates of surgical down-staging, greater delay in chemotherapy initiation, but fewer gastrointestinal complications and subsequent surgeries than biopsies. Survival was similar regardless of upfront surgery, likely reflecting beneficial effects of newer protocols.
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