Outcome of patients with pilocytic astrocytoma and leptomeningeal dissemination

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 350-354

  Mazloom, Ali ^a   Hodges, Joseph C ^a   Teh, Bin S ^a   Chintagumpala, Murali ^b   Paulino, Arnold C ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Craniospinal irradiation; Leptomeningeal dissemination; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; LEPTOMENINGEAL DISSEMINATION; LOW-GRADE GLIOMAS; MEDIAN SURVIVAL; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SITE LOCATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; IRRADIATION; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LEPTOMENINGEAL DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; NERVE FIBER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SKULL; SPINE; SPINE METASTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864798298     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.12.044     Document Type: Article

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