Craniospinal radiation in the treatment of biopsy-proven intracranial germinomas: Twenty-five years' experience in a single center

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1165-1170

  Maity, Amit ^a,c   Shu, Hui Kuo G ^a   Janss, Anna ^b   Belasco, Jean B ^b   Rorke, Lucy ^b   Phillips, Peter C ^b   Sutton, Leslie N ^b   Goldwein, Joel W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniospinal; Germinoma; Intracranial; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

CRANIOSPINAL RADIATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 1542316353     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.08.028     Document Type: Article

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