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Review

Childhood Astrocytomas, Other Gliomas, and Glioneuronal/Neuronal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Health Professional Version

PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board
In: PDQ Cancer Information Summaries [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002.
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Review

Childhood Astrocytomas, Other Gliomas, and Glioneuronal/Neuronal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Health Professional Version

PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board.
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Excerpt

This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the treatment of childhood astrocytomas, other gliomas, and glioneuronal/neuronal tumors. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians in the care of their patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions.

This summary is reviewed regularly and updated as necessary by the PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Keywords: anaplastic astrocytoma; anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; angiocentric glioma; astroblastoma; childhood astrocytoma; childhood brain tumor; choroid glioma of the third ventricle; diffuse astrocytoma; diffuse midline glioma; glioblastoma; pilocytic astrocytoma; pilomyxoid astrocytoma; pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; subependymal giant cell astrocytoma.

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