A long duration of the prediagnostic symptomatic interval is not associated with an unfavourable prognosis in childhood medulloblastoma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2028-2036

  Gerber, Nicolas U ^a   Von Hoff, Katja ^b   Von Bueren, André O ^b   Treulieb, Wiebke ^b   Deinlein, Frank ^c   Benesch, Martin ^d   Zwiener, Isabella ^e   Soerensen, Niels ^c   Warmuth Metz, Monika ^c   Pietsch, Torsten ^f   Mittler, Uwe ^g   Kuehl, Joachim ^c   Kortmann, Rolf Dieter ^h   Grotzer, Michael A ^a   Rutkowski, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brain neoplasms; Cancer; Child; Delayed diagnosis; Early diagnosis; Malpractice; Medulloblastoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; MYC PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDIAGNOSTIC SYMPTOMATIC INTERVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84865139892     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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