Survival benefit for pediatric patients with recurrent ependymoma treated with reirradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1541-1548

  Bouffet, Eric ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia E ^a   Ballourah, Walid ^a   Taylor, Michael D ^a   Bartels, Ute K ^a   Schoenhoff, Nicholas ^a   Tsangaris, Elena ^a   Huang, Annie ^a   Kulkarni, Abhaya ^a   Mabbot, Donald J ^a   Laperriere, Normand ^b   Tabori, Uri ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Ependymoma; Neurocognitive outcome; Recurrence; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

DNA DAMAGES; EPENDYMOMA; NEUROCOGNITIVE OUTCOME; RECURRENCE; REIRRADIATION;

CHEMOTHERAPY; TOXICITY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); TUMORS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRRADIATION; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ONTARIO; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863610308     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.039     Document Type: Article

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