Incidence and survival of central nervous system involvement in childhood malignancies: Hungarian experience

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-128

  Hauser, Péter ^a   Jakab, Zsuzsanna ^a   Láng, Orsolya ^a   Kondás, Orsolya ^a   Müller, Judit ^a   Schuler, Dezso ^a   Bognár, Lászlo ^b   Garami, Miklós ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Central nervous system metastasis; Incidence; Pediatric malignant tumor; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHORDOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15444379607     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000155119.12818.7e     Document Type: Article

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