Paediatric germ cell tumours of the central nervous system: Results and experience from a tertiary-referral paediatric institution in Australia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 514-519

  Carlos Chung, K H ^a   Owler, Brian K ^a,b   Dexter, Mark ^a   Chaseling, Ray ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Germ cell tumour; Germinoma; Intracranial tumour; Non germinomatous germ cell tumour; Paediatrics; Pure germinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERATOMA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875544953     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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