Abstract | BACKGROUND: PROCEDURE: A retrospective review was performed for the 10 children who were treated between 1996 and 2003 for spinal cord astrocytomas in our institution. Only one had metastatic disease. All ten patients underwent surgical resection, nine partial and one total. Eight had low-grade tumors, and two high-grade tumors. Two had surgery only, four had chemotherapy only, two had radiation only, and two had both radiation and chemotherapy. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Nicole Townsend, Michael Handler, Julie Fleitz, Nicholas Foreman |
Journal | Pediatric blood & cancer
(Pediatr Blood Cancer)
Vol. 43
Issue 6
Pg. 629-32
(Nov 2004)
ISSN: 1545-5009 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15390309
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review)
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Copyright | (c) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
Topics |
- Astrocytoma
(therapy)
- Child
- Humans
- Spinal Cord Neoplasms
(therapy)
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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