Treatment of medulloblastoma in young children

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 541-542

  Walker, David A ^a   Wilne, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

AGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METASTASIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22944431918     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(05)70259-X     Document Type: Letter

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