High failure rate in spinal ependymomas with long-term follow-up

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-259

  Gomez, Daniel R ^a   Missett, Brian T ^a   Wara, William M ^a   Lamborn, Kathleen R ^b   Prados, Michael D ^b   Chang, Susan ^b   Berger, Mitchel S ^b   Haas Kogan, Daphne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Radiation; Resection; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23144452287     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S1152851704001231     Document Type: Review

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