Treatment of high-grade spinal cord astrocytoma of childhood with '8- in-1' chemotherapy and radiotherapy: A pilot study of CCG-945

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Allen, Jeffrey C ^a   Aviner, Shraga ^b   Yates, Allan J ^b   Boyett, James M ^b   Cherlow, Joel M ^b   Turski, Patrick A ^b   Epstein, Fred ^b   Finlay, Jonathan L ^b  

^a CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; High grade astrocytoma; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 0031907181     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.2.0215     Document Type: Article

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