Etoposide-containing regimens with autologous bone marrow transplantation in children with malignant brain tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 572-577

  Busca, A ^a   Miniero, R ^a   Besenzon, L ^a   Cordero Di Montezemolo, L ^a   Cenni, M ^a   Fagioli, F ^a   Sandri, A ^a   Vassallo, E ^a   Ricardi, U ^a   Madon, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Childhood brain tumors; Etoposide

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14444286951     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050142     Document Type: Article

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