Clinical presentation, histology, and treatment in 430 patients with primary tumors of the spinal cord, spinal meninges, or cauda equina: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Engelhard, Herbert H ^a   Villano, J Lee ^a   Porter, Kimberly R ^b   Stewart, Andrew K ^b   Barua, Manali ^a   Barker II, Fred G ^c   Newton, Herbert B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Cauda equina; Epidemiology; Karnofsky performance scale; Spinal cord tumor; Spinal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUDA EQUINA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954262912     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09430     Document Type: Article

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