International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1038-1043 , 15 March 2006

Impact of radiotherapy for pediatric CNS atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (single institute experience)

This paper was presented in 2004 at the Third Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology, an international symposium in Shanghai, China.

  • Yi-Wei Chen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Center, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Tai-Tong Wong, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Donald Ming-Tak Ho, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Pin-I. Huang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Center, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kai-Ping Chang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ying Shiau, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Center, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sang-Hue Yen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Center, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Sang-Hue Yen, M.D., Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan. Tel: (+886) 2-28757469; Fax: (+886) 2-28749425

Received 15 July 2005 ,Revised 6 October 2005 ,Accepted 10 October 2005.

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 The authors are grateful for financial support received for this study via Grant No. VGH94–139.

PII: S0360-3016(05)02735-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.10.001

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1038-1043 , 15 March 2006

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