Phase II trial of conformal radiation therapy for pediatric low-grade glioma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3598-3604

  Merchant, Thomas E ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a   Wu, Shengjie ^a   Xiong, Xiaoping ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^a   Boop, Frederick A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; AGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949102265     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.9494     Document Type: Article

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