Primary neurosurgery for pediatric low-grade gliomas: A prospective multi-institutional study from the children's oncology group

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1548-1554

  Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^b   Heier, Linda A ^c   Sposto, Richard ^d   Burger, Peter C ^e   Yates, Allan J ^f   Holmes, Emiko J ^g   Kun, Larry E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma; Low grade glioma; Pediatric brain tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; GROSS TOTAL RESECTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAMETER; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROSURGERY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955884572     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318214a66e     Document Type: Article

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