Closing the survival gap: Implementation of medulloblastoma protocols in a low-income country through a twinning program

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1203-1206

  Qaddoumi, Ibrahim ^a   Musharbash, Awni ^b   Elayyan, Maher ^b   Mansour, Asem ^b   Al Hussaini, Maysa ^b   Drake, James ^c   Swaidan, Maisa ^b   Bartels, Ute ^c   Bouffet, Eric ^c  

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

^b KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Low income countries; Medulloblastoma; Twinning

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROPATHY; OTOTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 39649092941     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23160     Document Type: Article

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