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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
The results of radiation therapy for CNS tumors of childhood are presented and discussed according to histologic type. In this material the 5-year recurrence-free survival rates were about 35% for medulloblastomas, 48% for the hypothalamic and brain stem tumors, 86% for lowgrade ependymomas, and 57% for germinomas. Complications or CNS injury from irradiation were rare and the quality of life in survivors was generally good. Current methods of radiation therapy may possibly improve these results. Tumors of the CNS in children do not necessarily carry a hopeless prognosis; aggressive therapy is indicated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
957-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiation therapy of tumors of the central nervous system in childhood.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article