Prognostic factors and treatment options for paediatric ependymomas

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1228-1235

  Vaidya, K ^a   Smee, R ^a,b   Williams, Janet R ^a  

^a The Prince of Wales Cancer Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaplastic; Ependymomas; Low grade tumour; Paediatric ependymoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN TUMOR; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPENDYMOMA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NYSTAGMUS; ODYNOPHAGIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SPEECH DISORDER; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865010289     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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