Isolated Petroclival Craniopharyngioma with Aggressive Skull Base ...
2 Dong-Jun Lim,2 Jung-Yul Park,2 Yong-Gu Chung,2 and Young-Sik Kim3 ... We report a rare case of petroclival craniopharyngioma with no connection to the
... Then, the patient was referred for radiotherapy at a dose of 72 Gy (40
fractions), ... a purely ectopic occurrence showing no sellar extension is very
rare. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768253/...
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Pediatric Supratentorial Intraventricular Tumors: Tumors of The ...
The two variants of craniopharyngioma are not only distinct in terms of their ..... al: Choroid plexus tumors in children and young adults: report of 16
consecutive cases. ... in infants and very young children with choroid plexus
carcinomas. .... with syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells treated by radiation
therapy. ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/403856_3...
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ACS :: Treatment of Specific Types of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
13 May 2009 ... Chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy may be given after surgery. .... Choroid plexus carcinomas are malignant tumors that are only sometimes ...
Craniopharyngiomas can be treated by surgically removing most of the ... In very
young children, chemotherapy may be used instead of radiation therapy. ...
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Treatme...
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Pediatric Supratentorial Intraventricular Tumors: Summary
... radiation in infants and very young children with choroid plexus carcinomas. ... Review of the literature and addition of 9 case reports. .... germinoma with
syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells treated by radiation therapy. ... et al: The
role of radiotherapy in the management of childhood craniopharyngioma. ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/403856_4...
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Long-term results of gamma knife radiosurgery for 100 consecutive ...
Tumors were treated with a marginal dose of 11.5 Gy using a mean of 4.5 isocenters. ... retrochiasm and anterior stalk to be treated by gamma knife
radiotherapy with 10-12 Gy, ... Child, Preschool; Craniopharyngioma/pathology*;
Craniopharyngioma/surgery* ... Prognosis; Radiosurgery*; Treatment Outcome;
Young Adult ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18948720...
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Pediatric Supratentorial Intraventricular Tumors: Abstract ...
13 Jul 2001 ... In this report the authors provide an introduction to and an overview of the .... in infants and very young children with choroid plexus carcinomas. ....
with syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells treated by radiation therapy. ... role of
radiotherapy in the management of childhood craniopharyngioma. ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/403856...
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Brain tumor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In young children, elevated intracranial pressure may cause an increase in the ... case reports on PubMed with the genetic acute hepatic porphyrias (PCT, AIP,
... The definitive diagnosis of brain tumor can only be confirmed by ...
Multiple metastatic tumors are generally treated with radiotherapy and
chemotherapy. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_tumor...
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Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance in Adult Survivors of Childhood ...
HD survivors were over sampled due to reports of excessive fatigue in this population. .... Those treated with radiation therapy were more fatigued
compared to the ..... The experience of fatigue in young adult survivors of
childhood cancer. ... increased daytime sleepiness in childhood
craniopharyngioma patients. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225565/...
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Radiation Therapy Service | Seattle Children's Hospital
To keep the beams aimed at the right spot, children must be very still during treatment. ... Dr. Douglas is the only radiation oncologist dedicated to
pediatric care in ... Who Needs Radiation Therapy? About 50% to 60% of our young
cancer patients get .... US News & World Report 2009-2010. Top Children's
Hospital ...
http://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics-programs/cancer/serv...
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BioMed Central | Full text | Local radiotherapeutic management of ...
Jawahar et al. report the outcome of 22 patients treated with SRS for anaplastic ... with CCNU as adjuvant CHT as opposed to 34% in patients treated with RT only
[14]. .... Debus J: Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for
craniopharyngiomas. .... in infants and very young children with intracranial
ependymomas. ...
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/222...
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