Medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor in adults: Prognostic factors and treatment results: A single-center experience from Turkey

Medical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-72

  Ertas, Gulcin ^a   Ucer, Ali R ^a   Altundag, Muzaffer B ^a   Durmus, Sema ^a   Calikoglu, Tamer ^a   Ozbagi, Kenan ^a   Abanuz, Hayati ^a   Altundag, Kadri ^b   Demirkasimoglu, Atila ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult medulloblastoma; Craniospinal radiotherapy; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949096138     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-007-0044-6     Document Type: Article

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