The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to achieve complete surgical resection in recurring supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-233

  Valera, Elvis Terci ^a   Machado, Helio Rubens ^a   Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   de Oliveira, Ricardo Santos ^a   Araújo, David ^a   Neder, Luciano ^a   Tone, Luiz Gonzaga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer; Pediatric; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN MALFORMATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944340271     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0998-z     Document Type: Article

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