Intracranial ependymomas treated with radiotherapy: Long-term results from a single institution

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-457

  Swanson, Erika L ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Galloway, Thomas J ^a   Marcus Jr , Robert B ^a   Pincus, David W ^a   Smith, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Ependymoma; Outcomes; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL EPENDYMOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGIOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR SEEDING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958222599     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0344-0     Document Type: Article

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