Processing speed, attention, and working memory after treatment for medulloblastoma: An international, prospective, and longitudinal study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 3494-3500

  Palmer, Shawna L ^a   Armstrong, Carol ^b   Onar Thomas, Arzu ^a   Wu, Shengjie ^a   Wallace, Dana ^a   Bonner, Melanie J ^c   Schreiber, Jane ^a   Swain, Michelle ^e   Chapieski, Lynn ^d   Mabbott, Donald ^h   Knight, Sarah ^f   Boyle, Robyn ^g   Gajjar, Amar ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BROAD ATTENTION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING SPEED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL RISK; WOODCOCK JOHNSON TESTS OF COGNITIVE ABILITIES THIRD EDITION; WORKING MEMORY; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKULL IRRADIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ATTENTION; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891600804     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.47.4775     Document Type: Article

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