Survival and prognostic factors following radiation therapy and chemotherapy for ependymomas in children: A report of the children's cancer group

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 695-703

  Robertson, Patricia L ^a   Zeltzer, Paul M ^b   Boyett, James M ^b   Rorke, Lucy B ^b   Allen, Jeffrey C ^b   Geyer, J Russell ^b   Stanley, Philip ^b   Li, Hao ^b   Albright, A Leland ^b   Mcguire Cullen, Patricia ^b   Finlay, Jonathan L ^b   Stevens Jr , Kenneth R ^b   Milstein, Jerrold M ^b   Packer, Roger J ^b   Wisoff, Jeffrey ^b  

^a CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaplastic ependymoma; Brain tumor; Children; Ependymoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 18344417765     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.4.0695     Document Type: Article

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