Infant ependymoma in a 10-Year AIEOP (Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica) experience with omitted or deferred radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 807-814

  Massimino, Maura ^a   Gandola, Lorenza ^a   Barra, Salvina ^b   Giangaspero, Felice ^d   Casali, Cecilia ^e   Potepan, Paolo ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^f   Nozza, Paolo ^c   Collini, Paola ^a   Viscardi, Elisabetta ^g   Bertin, Daniele ^h   Biassoni, Veronica ^a   Cama, Armando ^c   Milanaccio, Claudia ^c   Modena, Piergiorgio ⁱ   Balter, Rita ^j   Tamburrini, Giampiero ^f   Peretta, Paola ^h   Mascarin, Maurizio ⁱ   Scarzello, Giovanni ^g   Fidani, Paola ^k   Milano, Giuseppe Maria ^l   Sardi, Iacopo ^m   Genitori, Lorenzo ^m   Garr, Maria Luisa ^c   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g Department of Pediatric Oncology ^*  (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^j Ospedale Borgo Roma   (Italy)

^k BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Brain radiotherapy; Infant ependymoma; Late effects; Up front chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY; CIS-PLATIN; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOBLASTOMAS; HIGH DOSE; INFANT EPENDYMOMA; LATE EFFECTS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RESIDUAL TUMORS; UP-FRONT CHEMOTHERAPY;

CHEMOTHERAPY; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSIMETRY;

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; ITALY; MALE; METHOTREXATE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 79957552940     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.02.048     Document Type: Article

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