Incidence and clinical course of radionecrosis in children with brain tumors: A 20-year longitudinal observational study

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 759-764

  Strenger, V ^a   Lackner, H ^a   Mayer, R ^b   Sminia, P ^c   Sovinz, P ^a   Mokry, M ^a   Pilhatsch, A ^a   Benesch, M ^a   Schwinger, W ^a   Seidel, M ^a   Sperl, D ^a   Schmidt, S ^a   Urban, C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b EBG MedAustron GmbH   (Austria)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral radionecrosis; Chemotherapy; Late effects; Paediatric oncology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PONTINE GLIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883265083     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0408-0     Document Type: Article

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