Postoperative radiatiotherapy of medulloblastoma: Impact of radiation quality on treatment outcome

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Grabenbauer, Gerhard G ^a   Beck, Jörn D ^a   Erhardt, Johannes ^b   Seegenschmiedt, M Heinrich ^a   Seyer, Hendrikus ^a   Thierauf, Paul ^a   Sauer, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b Univ Hosp of Erlangen Nurnberg ^*

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma; Quality control; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARD; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030071029     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199602000-00015     Document Type: Article

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