A multi-disciplinary consensus statement concerning surgical approaches to low-grade, high-grade astrocytomas and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas in childhood (CPN Paris 2011) using the Delphi method

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-468

  Walker, David A ^a   Liu, JoFen ^a,b   Kieran, Mark ^b   Jabado, Nada ^c   Picton, Susan ^d   Packer, Roger ^e   Rose, Christian St ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Low grade astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PONTINE GLIOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONSENSUS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875745158     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nos330     Document Type: Article

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