Ependymoma in children under the age of 3 years: A report from the Canadian Pediatric Brain Tumour Consortium

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-364

  Purdy, Eve ^a,b   Johnston, Donna L ^c   Bartels, Ute ^d   Fryer, Chris ^e   Carret, Anne Sophie ^f   Crooks, Bruce ^g   Eisenstat, David D ^h   Lafay Cousin, Lucie ^a   Larouche, Valerie ⁱ   Wilson, Beverly ^h   Zelcer, Shayna ^j   Silva, Mariana ^k   Bouffet, Eric ^d   Keene, Daniel ^c   Strother, Douglas R ^a  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^g IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^h STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^k KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Ependymoma; Infants; Less than 3 years of age; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84901587135     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-014-1396-3     Document Type: Article

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