title: 2005 PRETEXT: a revised staging system for primary malignant liver tumours of childhood developed by the SIOPEL group.
abstract: Over the last 15 years, various oncology groups throughout the world have used the PRETEXT system for staging malignant primary liver tumours of childhood. This paper, written by members of the radiology and surgery committees of the International Childhood Liver Tumor Strategy Group (SIOPEL), presents various clarifications and revisions to the original PRETEXT system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK. roebud@gosh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Derek J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Roebuck
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aronson
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clapuyt
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czauderna
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Ville de Goyet
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mackinlay
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maibach
authors.forename: Kieran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McHugh
authors.forename: Oystein E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Jean-Bernard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Otte
authors.forename: Danièle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pariente
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plaschkes
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Childs
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perilongo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000592:standards*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic