Intramedullary spinal cord astrocytomas in children

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 629-632

  Townsend, Nicole ^a   Handler, Michael ^a   Fleitz, Julie ^a   Foreman, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Children; Response; Spinal cord; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE FUSION;

ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6944253444     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20082     Document Type: Review

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