Central nervous system involvement in children with sarcoma

Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-124

  Postovsky, S ^a   Ash, S ^b   Ramu, I N ^c   Yaniv, Y ^b   Zaizov, R ^b   Futerman, B ^a   Elhasid, R ^a   Barak, A Ben ^a   Halil, A ^a   Arush, M W Ben ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central nervous system involvement; Metastatic sarcoma; Pediatric patients

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; TOPOTECAN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENCHYME; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041922603     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072336     Document Type: Article

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