CNS germ cell tumors: Pattern of failure and effects of radiation volume

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-421

  Chitapanarux, Imjai ^a   Lorvidhaya, Vicharn ^a   Kamnerdsupaphon, Pimkhuan ^a   Goss, Bryan ^b   Ford, Judith ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS Germ cell tumor; Pattern of failure; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PINEALOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646395408     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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