CSF cytology has limited value in the evaluation of patients with ependymoma who have MRI evidence of metastasis

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-173

  Poltinnikov, Igor M ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF cytology; Ependymoma; MRI; Outcomes; Pediatrics; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RELAPSE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745786375     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20587     Document Type: Article

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