Delayed craniospinal irradiation for a first isolated central nervous relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Report on 14 cases

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 402-406

  Van Den Berg, Henk ^a   Odink, Arlette E ^a   Behrendt, Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Central nervous system; Irradiation; Isolated relapse; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYTARABINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TENIPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEUKEMIA; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034123418     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200006)34:6<402::AID-MPO4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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