Survival following treatment for intracranial ependymoma: A review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1303-1312

  Tamburrini, G ^a   D'Ercole, M ^a   Pettorini, B L ^a   Caldarelli, M ^a   Massimi, L ^a   Di Rocco, C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Pediatric age; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMOMA; EPIGENETICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949146352     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0874-y     Document Type: Review

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