Favorable outcome with conservative treatment for children with low grade brainstem tumors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-560

  Fried, Iris ^a,b   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Scheinemann, Katrin ^a,c   Tsangaris, Elena ^a   Hesselson, Leila ^a   Bartels, Ute ^a   Huang, Annie ^a   Laperriere, Normand ^d   Dirks, Peter ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a   Tabori, Uri ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem tumors; CNS tumors; Low grade glioma; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; TIOGUANINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM LOW GRADE TUMOR; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PONTINE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84856812767     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23200     Document Type: Article

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