Chemotherapy response rates in recurrent/progressive pediatric glioma; Results of a systematic review

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 C, 1999, Pages 3569-3574

  Huncharek, Michael ^a,b,c   Wheeler, Lamar ^a   McGarry, Ronald ^d   Geschwind, J F ^e  

^a Meta Analysis Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Baptist Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Combined modality therapy; Meta analysis; Survival

Indexed keywords

1 (2 CHLOROETHYL) 3 (2,6 DIOXO 3 PIPERIDYL) 1 NITROSOUREA; ALPHA INTERFERON; BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DIAZIQUONE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; MELPHALAN; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; THIOTEPA; TOPOTECAN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0033405751     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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