Excellent therapeutic efficacy and minimal late neurotoxicity in children treated with 18 grays of cranial radiation therapy for high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A 7-year follow-up study of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Consortium Protocol 87-01

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-22

  Waber, Deborah P ^a,c   Shapiro, Brenda L ^a   Carpentieri, Sarah C ^a,c   Gelber, Richard D ^c,e   Zou, Guangyong ^d   Dufresne, Annie ^f   Romero, Ivonne ^g   Tarbell, Nancy J ^b,c   Silverman, Lewis B ^a,c,d   Sallan, Stephen E ^a,c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Central nervous system; Cranial irradiation; Neuropsychologic toxicity; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035395986     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010701)92:1<15::AID-CNCR1286>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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