Proceedings of the diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) Toronto Think Tank: Advancing basic and translational research and cooperation in DIPG

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Bartels, Ute ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Vézina, Gilbert ^b   Kun, Larry ^c   Souweidane, Mark ^d,e   Bouffet, Eric ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma; DIPG; Think tank

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IMMUNOTOXIN; IMMUNOTOXIN D2C7; INTERLEUKIN 13; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TROFOSFAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PONTINE GLIOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PONS; PONTINE GLIOMA; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 82955223426     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-011-0704-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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