Outcomes of multidisciplinary management in pediatric low-grade gliomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Oh, Kevin S ^a   Hung, Jonathan ^a   Robertson, Patricia L ^a,b   Garton, Hugh J ^a   Muraszko, Karin M ^a   Sandler, Howard M ^a   Hamstra, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioma; Low grade; Pediatric; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS; GLIOMA; LOW-GRADE; LOW-GRADE GLIOMAS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SALVAGE THERAPY; STANDARD ERRORS; TISSUE DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCATION;

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PEDIATRICS;

TUMORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255122718     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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