Treatment of Early Childhood Medulloblastoma by Postoperative Chemotherapy Alone
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- 10 March 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 352 (10), 978-986
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa042176
Abstract
The prognosis for young children with medulloblastoma is poor, and survivors are at high risk for cognitive deficits. We conducted a trial of the treatment of this brain tumor by intensive postoperative chemotherapy alone.Keywords
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