Multidisciplinary management of pediatric low-grade gliomas

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 152-162

  Watson, Gordon A ^a,b,c   Kadota, Richard P ^a,b,c   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; MITOLACTOL; PROCARBAZINE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

EID: 0035075381     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/srao.2001.21421     Document Type: Article

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