Importance of patient evaluation for long-term survival in medulloblastoma recurrence

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-34

  La Marca, Frank ^a   Tomita, Tadanori ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; GH therapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medulloblastoma recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031048887     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050035     Document Type: Article

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