Successful treatment of childhood pilocytic astrocytomas metastatic to the leptomeninges with high-dose cyclophosphamide

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-39

  McCowage, Geoffrey ^a   Tien, Robert ^a   McLendon, Roger ^a   Felsberg, Gary ^a   Fuchs, Herbert ^a   Graham, Michael L ^a   Kurtzberg, Joanne ^a   Moghrabi, Albert ^c   Ferrell, Lee ^a   Kerby, Tracy ^a   Duncan Brown, Margaret ^a   Stewart, Elizabeth ^a   Robertson, Patricia L ^d   Colvin, O Michael ^b   Golembe, Barry ^e   Bigner, Darrell D ^a   Friedman, Henry S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Nalle Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclophosphamide; leptomeninges; pilocytic astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MESNA;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 9244223537     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199607)27:1<32::AID-MPO7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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