TY - JOUR
T1 - Infratentorial tumours in children
T2 - Neurosurgical experience and new therapeutic trends
AU - Occhipinti, E.
AU - Carapella, C. M.
AU - Morace, E.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - The authors report on present therapeutic approaches to infratentorial tumours in children on the basis of their experince in a series of 107 cases. Therapy is considered from a surgical point of view and in the light of so-called complementary treatments: radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The overall result obtained with combined treatment is critically examined with regard to the more frequently occurring tumours: medulloblastoma, ependymoma, astrocytoma and brain-stem glioma. For several forms, surgical treatment alone is completely insufficient. The most recent advances in radiotherapy and chemotherapy open up new prospects. However, surgical treatment is still of primary importance, even if only for the purpose of histopathologic diagnosis, and is recommended in every case, including brain stem glioma. On the basis of these evaluations, the authors are planning a combined schedule for each oncotype.
AB - The authors report on present therapeutic approaches to infratentorial tumours in children on the basis of their experince in a series of 107 cases. Therapy is considered from a surgical point of view and in the light of so-called complementary treatments: radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The overall result obtained with combined treatment is critically examined with regard to the more frequently occurring tumours: medulloblastoma, ependymoma, astrocytoma and brain-stem glioma. For several forms, surgical treatment alone is completely insufficient. The most recent advances in radiotherapy and chemotherapy open up new prospects. However, surgical treatment is still of primary importance, even if only for the purpose of histopathologic diagnosis, and is recommended in every case, including brain stem glioma. On the basis of these evaluations, the authors are planning a combined schedule for each oncotype.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0019844033
VL - 34
SP - 198
EP - 199
JO - Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie
JF - Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie
SN - 0174-3082
IS - 2
ER -