The role of resection alone in select children with intracranial ependymoma: the Canadian Pediatric Brain Tumour Consortium experience

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-65

  Ailon, Tamir ^a   Dunham, Christopher ^a   Carret, Anne Sophie ^m   Tabori, Uri ^h   Mcneely, P Daniel ^g   Zelcer, Shayna ⁱ   Wilson, Beverley ^f   Lafay Cousin, Lucie ^e   Johnston, Donna ^j   Eisenstat, David D ^d   Silva, Marianna ^k   Jabado, Nada ^l   Goddard, Karen Jane ^c   Fryer, Chris ^a   Hendson, Glenda ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^h   Dunn, Sandra ^b   Yip, Stephen ^c   Singhal, Ashutosh ^a   Hukin, Juliette ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁱ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^k KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Childhood; Ependymoma; Radiotherapy deferral; Resection alone

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; EZH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL EPENDYMOMA; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTERIOR FOSSA EPENDYMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SUPRATENTORIAL EPENDYMOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922076997     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-014-2575-4     Document Type: Article

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