Magnetic resonance imaging changes after stereotactic radiation therapy for childhood low grade astrocytoma

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 864-873

  Bakardjiev, Anna I ^a   Barnes, Patrick D ^b   Goumnerova, Liliana C ^b   Black, Peter McL ^b   Scott, R Michael ^b   Pomeroy, Scott L ^b   Billett, Amy ^b   Loeffler, Jay S ^a   Tarbell, Nancy J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytoma; magnetic resonance imaging; pediatrics; radiation; stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0029781651     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960815)78:4<864::AID-CNCR25>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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