Proton beam therapy in the management of central nervous system tumors in childhood: The preliminary experience of the Centre de Protonthérapie d'Orsay

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 309-315

  Noel, Georges ^a,e   Habrand, Jean Louis ^b   Helfre, Sylvie ^c   Mammar, Hamid ^a   Kalifa, Chantal ^b   Ferrand, Régis ^a   Beaudre, Anne ^b   Gaboriaud, Geneviève ^c   Mazeron, Jean Jacques ^a,d  

^a Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e CPO   (France)

Author keywords

Central nervous system tumor; Childhood tumor; Protontherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037402629     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10283     Document Type: Article

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