Pediatric intracranial ependymoma: The roles of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-375

  Pejavar, Sunanda ^a   Polley, Mei Yin ^a   Rosenberg Wohl, Sarah ^a   Chennupati, Sravana ^a   Prados, Michael D ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a   Banerjee, Anuradha ^a   Gupta, Nalin ^a   Haas Kogan, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Intracranial ependymoma; Pediatric; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955195846     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-011-0671-9     Document Type: Article

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