Hypofractionation vs conventional radiation therapy for newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: A matched-cohort analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 315-320

  Janssens, Geert O ^a   Jansen, Marc H ^b   Lauwers, Selmer J ^a   Nowak, Peter J ^c   Oldenburger, Foppe R ^d   Bouffet, Eric ^e   Saran, Frank ^f   Kamphuis Van Ulzen, Karin ^a   Van Lindert, Erik J ^a   Schieving, Jolanda H ^a   Boterberg, Tom ^g   Kaspers, Gertjan J ^b   Span, Paul N ^a   Kaanders, Johannes H ^a   Gidding, Corrie E ^a   Hargrave, Darren ^h  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL RADIATION THERAPY; CRANIAL NERVES; DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMAS; HYPOFRACTIONATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SINGLE-DOSE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY;

TUMORS;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FOTEMUSTINE; NIMOTUZUMAB; TAMOXIFEN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL RADIATION THERAPY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOFRACTIONATION RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PONTINE GLIOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; PONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872184811     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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