The role of chemotherapy in pediatric clival chordomas

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 657-662

  Dhall, Girish ^a,b   Traverso, Mercedes ^a   Finlay, Jonathan L ^a   Shane, Lisa ^a   Gonzalez Gomez, Ignacio ^a   Jubran, Rima ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Chordomas; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVAL CHORDOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959807400     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0441-0     Document Type: Article

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