Survival rates and prognostic predictors of high grade brain stem gliomas in childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 13-20

  Hassan, Hadeel ^a,b   Pinches, Anne ^b   Picton, Susan V ^b   Phillips, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain stem glioma; DIPG; Pediatrics; Prognostic; Survival and systematic review

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM GLIOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85021829929     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-017-2546-1     Document Type: Review

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