Long-term quality of life in children treated for posterior fossa brain tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-240

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Piscion, Janine ^a   Shams, Iffat ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain tumor; Ependymoma; Medulloblastoma; Oncology; Pediatric; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884478453     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.PEDS12535     Document Type: Article

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