Prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid cytology in pediatric medulloblastoma. Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group

Miralbell, Raymond; Bieri, S; Huguenin, P; Feldges, A; Morin, A M; Garcia, E; Wagner, H P; Wacker, Pierre; von der Weid, N

doi:10.1023/a:1008363422189

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English

Prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid cytology in pediatric medulloblastoma. Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group

ContributorsMiralbell, Raymond; Bieri, S; Huguenin, P; Feldges, A; Morin, A M; Garcia, E; Wagner, H P; Wacker, Pierre; von der Weid, N

Published inAnnals of oncology, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 239-241

Publication date1999

Abstract

Although the demonstration of leptomeningeal dissemination is the most important predictor of poor outcome in children with medulloblastoma, there is lack of consensus on the prognostic value of a positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology (i.e., stage M1).

Keywords

Adolescent
Cerebrospinal Fluid/cytology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Medulloblastoma/cerebrospinal fluid/mortality
Prognosis
Survival Rate

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Research groups

Groupe Miralbell Raymond (radio-oncologie) (685)

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MIRALBELL, Raymond et al. Prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid cytology in pediatric medulloblastoma. Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group. In: Annals of oncology, 1999, vol. 10, n° 2, p. 239–241. doi: 10.1023/a:1008363422189

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PID : unige:74355
DOI : 10.1023/a:1008363422189
PMID : 10093696

Journal ISSN0923-7534

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Prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid cytology in pediatric medulloblastoma. Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group

Although the demonstration of leptomeningeal dissemination is the most important predictor of poor outcome in children with medulloblastoma, there is lack of consensus on the prognostic value of a positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology (i.e., stage M1).

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