Chemotherapy in low-grade astrocytoma management

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 6-9

  Castello, M A ^a   Schiavetti, A ^a   Varrasso, G ^a   Clerico, A ^a   Cappelli, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Low grade astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031865314     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050165     Document Type: Article

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