Multimodal treatment of craniopharyngioma: Defining a risk-adapted strategy

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 367-370

  Puget, Stéphanie ^a   Grill, Jacques ^b   Habrand, Jean Louis ^b,c   Sainte Rose, Christian ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Hypothalamus; Pediatric; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CACHEXIA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE CONTROL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT STATURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646192287     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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