Position paper: 'CNS-friendly' chemoradiotherapy in pediatric neuro- oncology

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-218

  Plowman, P N ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Brain tumors; Childhood cancer; Radioprotection

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033090937     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199903)32:3<216::AID-MPO9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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