Carboplatin and vincristine chemotherapy for children with newly diagnosed progressive low-grade gliomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 747-754

  Packer, Roger J ^a   Ater, Joanne ^b   Allen, Jeffrey ^b   Phillips, Peter ^b   Geyer, Russell ^b   Nicholson, H Stacy ^b   Jakacki, Regina ^b   Kurczynski, Elizabeth ^b   Needle, Michael ^b   Finlay, Jonathan ^b   Reaman, Gregory ^b   Boyett, James M ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

brainstem tumor; chemotherapy; chiasmatic glioma; children; glioma; low grade glioma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031002713     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.5.0747     Document Type: Article

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