Medulloblastoma: Is the 5-year survival rate improving? A review of 80 cases from a single institution

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-21

  David, Karoly M ^b   Casey, Adrian T H ^b   Hayward, Richard D ^a   Harkness, William F J ^b   Phipps, Kim ^b   Wade, Angie M ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

medulloblastoma; spinal investigation; survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031026381     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.1.0013     Document Type: Article

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