Stereotactic radiosurgery for pediatric recurrent intracranial ependymomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 417-423

  Kano, Hideyuki ^a,b   Yang, Huai Che ^a,b,c   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Niranjan, Ajay ^a,b   Arai, Yoshio ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a,b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Gamma Knife; Metastasis; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; PACLITAXEL; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE METASTASIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649745762     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS10252     Document Type: Article

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