Pediatric papillary tumors of the pineal region: To observe or to treat following gross total resection?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-310

  Abela, Lucia ^a   Rushing, Elisabeth Jane ^b   Ares, Carmen ^c   Scheer, Ianina ^a   Bozinov, Oliver ^b   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a   Grotzer, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Child; Outcome; Proton beam irradiation

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAZE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MIGRAINE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLOMA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84878504206     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1935-1     Document Type: Article

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