Survival of adults treated for medulloblastoma using paediatric protocols

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1304-1310

  Spreafico, Filippo ^a   Massimino, Maura ^a   Gandola, Lorenza ^a   Cefalo, Graziella ^a   Mazza, Elena ^a   Landonio, Giuseppe ^b   Pignoli, Emanuele ^a   Poggi, Geraldina ^c   Terenziani, Monica ^a   Pedrazzoli, Paolo ^b   Siena, Salvatore ^b   Fossati Bellani, Franca ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; Brain tumours; High dose chemotherapy; Hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy; Medulloblastoma; Young adult cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTEREMIA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PEDIATRICS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOMUSTINE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 20444501389     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.02.022     Document Type: Article

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