Childhood pineoblastoma: Experiences from the prospective multicenter trials HIT-SKK87, HIT-SKK92 and HIT91

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-223

  Hinkes, Bernward G ^a   Hoff, Katja ^a   Deinlein, Frank ^a   Warmuth Metz, Monika ^a   Soerensen, Niels ^a   Timmermann, Beate ^b   Mittler, Uwe ^c   Urban, Christian ^d   Bode, Udo ^e   Pietsch, Torsten ^e   Schlegel, Paul G ^a   Kortmann, Rolf D ^f   Kuehl, Joachim ^a   Rutkowski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Pineoblastoma; PNET; Radiotherapy; Supratentorial PNET; Trial; Young children

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; GERMANY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845709376     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9221-2     Document Type: Article

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