Ependymal tumors in childhood

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-303

  Agaoglu, Fulya Yaman ^a,b   Ayan, Inci ^b   Dizdar, Yavuz ^a   Kebudi, Rejin ^b   Gorgun, Omer ^b   Darendeliler, Emin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Childhood brain tumors; Ependymal tumors

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROXYUREA; LOMUSTINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANAPLASTIC EPENDYMOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMAL TUMOR; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY;

EID: 23044464109     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20212     Document Type: Article

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