Surgery in the management of primary intracranial germ cell tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 770-773

  Weiner, Howard L ^a   Finlay, Jonathan L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Medical Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Chemotherapy; Germ cell tumor; Radiation therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; GERM CELL TUMOR; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TERATOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; REOPERATION; SELECTION BIAS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032732313     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050469     Document Type: Article

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