Juvenile pilocytic astrocytomas do not undergo spontaneous malignant transformation: Grounds for designation as hamartomas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Parsa, C F ^a   Givrad, S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLASTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; JUVENILE PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; TUMOR BIOPSY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY;

EID: 38349115058     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.125567     Document Type: Article

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