Primary central nervous system sarcomas in children: Clinical, radiological, and pathological features

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 808-817

  Al Gahtany, Mubarak ^a   Shroft, Manohar ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a   Dirks, Peter ^a   Drake, James ^a   Humphreys, Robin ^a   Laperriere, Normand ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Rutka, James ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Child; Primary; Sarcoma; Spinal cord; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LABELING INDEX; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348155781     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0839-5     Document Type: Review

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