Phase II TPDCV protocol for pediatric low-grade hypothalamic/chiasmatic gliomas: 15-Year update

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Mishra, Kavita K ^a   Squire, Sarah ^a   Lamborn, Kathleen ^b   Banerjee, Anuradha ^b   Gupta, Nalin ^b   Wara, William M ^a   Prados, Michael D ^b   Berger, Mitchel S ^b   Haas Kogan, Daphne A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Hypothalamic chiasmatic; Low grade gliomas; Pediatric; Radiation

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; MITOLACTOL; PROCARBAZINE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INFANT; LOMUSTINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MITOLACTOL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROCARBAZINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; THIOGUANINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 79952187228     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0151-7     Document Type: Article

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