Trends in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric primary spinal cord tumors: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 555-559

  Hayden Gephart, Melanie G ^a   Lober, Robert M ^a   Arrigo, Robert T ^a   Zygourakis, Corinna C ^b   Guzman, Raphael ^a   Boakye, Maxwell ^c   Edwards, Michael S B ^a   Fisher, Paul G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oncology; Outcome; Pediatric; Radiation; Spinal cord; Survival; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC PRIMARY SPINAL CORD TUMOR; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTROCYTOMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870704372     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.PEDS1272     Document Type: Article

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