Incidence and patterns of neuraxis metastases in children with diffuse pontine glioma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-212

  Gururangan, Sridharan ^a   McLaughlin, Colleen A ^a   Brashears, James ^a   Watral, Melody A ^a   Provenzale, James ^a   Coleman, R Edward ^a   Halperin, Edward C ^a   Quinn, Jennifer ^a   Reardon, David ^a   Vredenburgh, James ^a   Friedman, Allan ^a   Friedman, Henry S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem glioma; Metastases; Pontine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACKACHE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; GAIT DISORDER; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; METASTASIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NERVE FIBER METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAPLEGIA; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747855295     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9029-5     Document Type: Article

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