Effect of hemoglobin on radiotherapy response in children with medulloblastoma: Should patients with a low hemoglobin be transfused

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 395-397

  Chow, E ^a   Danjoux, C E ^a   Franssen, E ^a   Jenkin, R D T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemia; Brain tumor; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANOXIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032968588     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199905)32:5<395::AID-MPO18>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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