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Survival after second primary neoplasms of the brain or spinal cord in survivors of childhood cancer: results from the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Dec 2009
Taylor Aliki J, Frobisher Clare, Ellison David W, Reulen Raoul C, Winter David L, Taylor Roger E, Stiller Charles A, Lancashire Emma R, Tudor Edward C G, Baggott Christina, May Shaun, Hawkins Mike M
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PURPOSE: Survival after brain or spinal cord neoplasms is poor and varies by diagnostic group, age, grade, treatment and pretreatment factors, and location and size of tumor. We carried out a study to investigate survival and factors affecting survival of all diagnostic types of second primary brain or spinal cord neoplasms. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (BCCSS) is a long-term...
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