Concurrent chemotherapy and reduced-dose cranial spinal irradiation followed by conformal posterior fossa tumor bed boost for average-risk medulloblastoma: Efficacy and patterns of failure

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1161-1164

  Douglas, James G ^a,b,c   Barker, Jerry L ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a   Geyer, J Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; IRRADIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

CRANIAL SPINAL IRRADIATION; TUMOR BED BOOSTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542346469     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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