Efficacy and feasibility of stereotactic radiosurgery in the primary management of unfavorable pediatric ependymomal

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-273

  Aggarwal, Renu ^a   Yeung, Daniel ^a   Kumar, Parvesh ^a   Muhlbauer, Michael ^b   Kun, Larry E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IRIDIUM 192; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPENDYMOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030976813     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01926-9     Document Type: Article

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