Astrocytic tumors in children: Treatment results from a single institution

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Varan, Ali ^a   Akyüz, Canan ^a   Akalan, Nejat ^a   Atahan, Lale ^a   Söylemezoglu, Figen ^a   Selek, Ugur ^a   Yalçin, Bilgehan ^a   Kutluk, Tezer ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Münevver ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Astrocytic tumors; Children; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOMUSTINE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 33846683681     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0243-z     Document Type: Article

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