Longitudinal evaluation of neurocognitive function after treatment for central nervous system germ cell tumors in childhood

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5402-5411

  Mabbott, Donald J ^a,b   Monsalves, Eric ^b   Spiegler, Brenda J ^a,b   Bartels, Ute ^a,b   Janzen, Laura ^a,b   Guger, Sharon ^a   Laperriere, Normand ^a,c,d   Andrews, Nicole ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

germ cell tumors; neurocognitive late effects; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY COMPREHENSION; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CRANIOSPINAL RADIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING SPEED; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTUAL REASONING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; READING; RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; SUPRASELLAR TUMOR; THALAMUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL;

EID: 81755161547     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26127     Document Type: Article

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