Treatment strategies for initially disseminated intracranial germinomas: Experiences at a single institute

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-563

  Chen, Yi Wei ^a,b   Huang, Pin I ^a,b   Hu, Yu Wen ^a   Ho, Donald Ming Tak ^a,b   Chang, Kai Ping ^a   Guo, Wan Yuo ^a,b   Chang, Feng Chi ^a,b   Lee, Yi Yen ^a,b   Shiau, Cheng Ying ^a   Wong, Tai Tong ^a,b   Yen, Sang Hue ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Craniospinal irradiation; Dissemination; Germinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL GERMINOMA; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862830247     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1683-2     Document Type: Article

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