Primary chemotherapy for intracranial germ cell tumors: Results of the third international CNS germ cell tumor study

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-383

  Da Silva, Nasjla Saba ^a   Cappellano, Andrea M ^a   Diez, Blanca ^b   Cavalheiro, Sergio ^a   Gardner, Sharon ^c   Wisoff, Jeffrey ^c   Kellie, Stewart ^d   Parker, Robert ^e   Garvin, James ^f   Finlay, Jonathan ^g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FLENI   (Argentina)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Chemotherapy; CNS germ cell tumors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; THIOTEPA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749087889     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22381     Document Type: Article

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