Experience with tamoxifen/etoposide in the treatment of a child with myxopapillary ependymoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-69

  Madden, Jennifer R ^a,b   Fenton, Laura Z ^a,b   Weil, Michael ^c   Winston, Ken R ^a,b   Partington, Michael ^a,b   Foreman, Nicholas K ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Drug therapy; Etoposide; Myxopapillary ependymoma; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EPENDYMOMA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034963246     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.1168     Document Type: Article

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