Early aging in adult survivors of childhood medulloblastoma: Long-term neurocognitive, functional, and physical outcomes

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 536-545

  Edelstein, Kim ^a,b   Spiegler, Brenda J ^a,c   Fung, Sharon ^a   Panzarella, Tony ^a   Mabbott, Donald J ^a,c   Jewitt, Natalie ^a   D'Agostino, Norma Mammone ^a   Mason, Warren P ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a,c   Tabori, Uri ^a,c   Laperriere, Normand ^a,b   Hodgson, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Late effects; Neuropsychology; Pediatric cancer; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METASTASIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXICITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959999815     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor015     Document Type: Article

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