Chemotherapy for Childhood Medulloblastoma and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
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Chemotherapy for Childhood Medulloblastoma and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors.
Medulloblastoma is the most common form of childhood brain tumor, and management has evolved over the past two decades. Chemotherapy is now an integral part of the treatment of the majority, if not all, patients with this disease. Medulloblastoma is a chemosensitive tumor, and recurrent disease will often respond to a variety of different chemotherapeutic agents. The use of higher-dose chemothe...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Oncologist
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1083-7159,1549-490X
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.1-6-381