Current neurosurgical management and the impact of the extent of resection in the treatment of malignant gliomas of childhood: A report of the Children's Cancer Group Trial No. CCG-945

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-59

  Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^c   Boyett, James M ^d   Berger, Mitchel S ^b   Brant, Catherine ^d   Li, Hao ^d   Yates, Allan J ^d   Mcguire Cullen, Patricia ^d   Turski, Patrick A ^d   Sutton, Leslie N ^d   Allen, Jeffrey C ^a   Packer, Roger J ^d   Finlay, Jonathan L ^d  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Brain neoplasm; Children; Extent of tumor resection; Glioblastoma multiforme; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031803823     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.1.0052     Document Type: Article

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