Neurocognitive outcomes in pediatric and adolescent patients with central nervous system germinoma treated with a strategy of chemotherapy followed by reduced-dose and volume irradiation

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 669-673

  O'Neil, Sharon ^a   Ji, Lingyun ^a   Buranahirun, Cathliyn ^a   Azoff, Jaye ^a   Dhall, Girish ^a   Khatua, Soumen ^b   Patel, Sunita ^c   Panigrahy, Ashok ^a   Borchert, Mark ^a   Sposto, Richard ^a   Finlay, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Late effects; Neurocognitive outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM GERMINOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD; COGNITION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETOPOSIDE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961199581     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23146     Document Type: Article

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