...Dagoberto Estevez-Ordonez; Sam E. Gary; Travis J. Atchley; Pedram D. Maleknia; Jordan A. George; Nicholas M.B. Laskay; Evan G. Gross; Rishi K. Devulapalli; James M. Johnston Background: Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children...

...Keishi Makino; Hideo Nakamura; Shigetoshi Yano; Jun-ichi Kuratsu; Kumamoto Brain Tumor Research Group Background/Aims: Central nervous system germ cell tumors (CNS-GCTs) are relatively rare. While their incidence was thought to be higher in East Asia than the USA, recent evidence suggests...

...Chandan B. Mohanty; Dhaval P. Shukla; B. Indira Devi Introduction: Brain tumors in infants are rare and form a distinct subgroup of pediatric brain tumors. These tumors differ from tumors in older children with respect to histology and management and tend to have a poorer outcome. Methods: We...

... astrocytomas constituted 55% of all astrocytomas and 19.3% of all brain tumors, only slightly ahead of medulloblastomas. Less common types were primitive neuroectodermal tumors (2.7%), followed by meningiomas, germ cell tumors and choroid plexus tumors (2.4% each). According to the International Classification...

... be potentially applicable to the treatment of children with brain stem gliomas. Immunotherapy Brain stem gliomas Gene therapy Brain tumors Pediatric Neurosurgery Original Paper Pediatr Neurosurg 1996:24:217-222 Roger J. Packer Department of Neurology. Children s National Medical Center. Department...

... Hospital, Tcl-Aviv Medical Center, Israel Practical Decisions in the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Stem Tumors Key Words Brain tumors Children Brain stem Neurosurgery Irradiation Abstract The treatment of brain stem gliomas has evolved over the last few decades, reflecting advances in imaging (MR...

... stereotaxy Functional magnetic resonance imaging Cortical stimulation Seizures Brain tumors Combined Utility of Functional MRI, Cortical Mapping, and Frameless Stereotaxy in the Resection of Lesions in Eloquent Areas of Brain in Children Abstract We studied 16 children with lesions in the eloquent brain...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Ion channels Cerebral edema Osmolytes Volume regulation Brain tumors NPeeudrioastruircgery Original Paper Pediatr Neurosurg 1997;27:286-29! Received: January 19.1998 Accepted: January 2 7 .1998 Paul S. Jackson Joseph R. Madsen...

... as a diagnostic tool in the assessment of patients with brain tumors. We performed SPECT scans coupled with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with brain tumors to determine the sensitivity and potential value of SPECT in neuro-oncology. Each patient was injected with 2.5-3.0 mCi of thallium chloride...

...Bruce H. Cohen; Roger J. Packer; Kathy R. Siegel; Lucy B. Rorke; Giulio D’Angio; Leslie N. Sutton; Derek A. Bruce; Luis Schut Survival for children with brain tumors less than 2 years of age at diagnosis is dismal, and the quality of life of long-term survivors poor. Between 1975 and 1987, 78 (13...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Brain tumors Brain stem Involution Cranial nerves Case Report Pediatr Neurosurg 1995;23:279-282 Sujay Raoa Shlomo Constantinia Moshe Gomorib Tali SiegaT Fred Epstein d...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 125 I Brain tumors Interstitial implants Pediatric tumors Original Paper Pediatr Neurosurg 1995:22:289-298 James Fontanesi3e Richard L. Heidemanb * Michael Muhlbauer...

... Medulloblastoma Multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein Immunohistology Brain tumors Chemotherapy DNA ploidy Reverse-transcriptase PCR © 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel 1995 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages...

... neuroectodermal tumors Radiotherapy sequelae Brain tumors Neuropsychologie sequelae Original Papers Pediat. Neurosci. 13: 169-175 (1987) S 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel 0255-7975/87/0133-0169 S 2.75/0 Quality of Life in Children with Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (Medulloblastoma) of the Posterior Fossa1...

... or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Brain tumors Trigeminal nerve...

...Patricia K. Duffner; Michael E. Cohen Approximately 13% of brain tumors in childhood occur in children less than 2 years of age. Although the survivals of older children with certain forms of brain tumors have increased over the past 20 years, this treatment has been least effective in very young...

... the original diagnosis. She had received both prophylactic intrathecal methotrexate and central nervous system irradiation. This case emphasizes the need to consider leukemia as the cause of a ‘brain tumor’ in any patient that has a prior history of leukemia, regardless of the tumor manifestations...

... and June 1991, accounting for 2 % of children with primary brain tumors seen during that time interval. All were verified histopathologically, and none had had prior irradiation. Fifteen were male and 5 female. Fifteen tumors were intracranial, all located supratentorially. Two of these also had...

...Bruce H. Cohen; Patrick Zweidler; Joel W. Goldwein; Jill Molloy; Roger J. Packer Thirty-four children, age 2–19 years, with brain tumors were treated with surgical resection, irradiation, and a cisplatin (CDDP) containing regimen. Audiologic assessments were conducted prior to each cycle of CDDP...

...Bernadine Donahue Brain tumors are the second most common malignancy of childhood after acute lymphocytic leukemia. Improvements in therapy have led to increased survival. It is estimated that by the year 2000 there will be approximately 200,000 survivors of childhood cancer. A proportion...