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Chapter and Conference Paper
Concerning the Question of Total Tumor Removal in Medulloblastoma in View of New Postoperative Techniques in Radiotherapy
Of all intracranial neoplasms of childhood, the medulloblastoma is the most common (16, 27). It is a highly radiosensitive tumor. Its tendency to spread via the cerebrospinal fluid is well known. Since 1930, the ...
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The Electron Beam Therapy for Malignant Tumors: Indications and Limitations
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the indications for electron beam therapy and to give a review of its role in modern cancer treatment. The basic concepts of clinical electron beam physics were desc...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Diffuse and Multicentric Brain Tumors — Correlation of Histological, Clinical and CT Appearance
In 14 cases of diffuse astrocytoma, glioblastoma and cerebral lymphoma CT was compared to the gross anatomy and their histology at corresponding levels. Diffuse spread of tumor even in areas of considerable in...
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Radiotherapeutic Principles in the Combined Treatment of CNS Tumours in Children
For more than 50 years radiotherapy has played an important part in the treatment of CNS tumours in adults and children. As early as 1924 post-operative X-irradiation of the tumour region in medulloblastomas o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hämatologie/Onkologie
Kolonienstimulierende Faktoren („Colony Stimulating Factors, CSF“) stimulieren in vitro das Wachstum von myeloisch determinierten Stammzellen („Colony Forming Units, CFUC“). Von den Blutzellen sind es ausschließl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Schedule of Treatment for Pineal Tumors in Children
Tumors of the pineal region are rare and histological diagnosis is seldom possible because of their deep midline location. A wide variety of different tumors can occur in the pineal region. The most common gro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Importance of Clinical Follow-Up in Determining the Indications for Operations in Brain Metastases
This study from the Neurosurgical University Clinic Essen is based on a retrospective study of 153 patients with cerebral metastases. The indications for surgical intervention will be focussed on the backgroun...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Tumors of the Pineal Region in Children and Adolescents
The treatment of tumors in the pineal area remains controversial. There are two main approaches:
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Verbesserung der Effektivität der radiologischen Tumortherapie durch elektronenaffine Substanzen
Die relative Strahlenresistenz hypoxischer Zellen, die in menschlichen Tumoren vermutet werden, wird in der Radioonkologie als eine entscheidende Ursache für das Auftreten von Lokalrezidiven angesehen. Nach gr...
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Human High-Grade Gliomas Grafted into Nude Mice: A Model System to Compare Radiotherapy Schedules
Xenografts in nude mice allow the study of intrinsic sensitivity of tumor cells to cytotoxic therapies in a threedimensional assembly, similar to that in the original tumor. The good correlation between the ch...
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Chemosensitivity Studies on Human Gliomas in Nude Mice Preliminary Results
Poor prognosis of patients suffering from malignant gliomas has not changed in the last decade. The 5-year survival rates are still disappointing (less than 5%). Chemotherapy is given either for adjuvant treat...
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Deutsch-österreichische Multi-Center-Studie zu malignen Gliomen
Seit 1983 fördert das Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie eine randomisierte deutsch-österr. Multi-Center-Studie zur kombinierten Therapie maligner Gliome. Die Studie prüft die Frage, ob die Wirksa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Bone Marrow Transplantation in Acute Leukemia
Aggressive chemotherapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in childhood has led to long-term survival and potential cure in more than 50% of the patients. Despite recent advances in the treatment of adult a...
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Spinale Tumoren im Kindesalter — kombiniertes neurochirurgisches und radiologisches Therapiekonzept
Wegen der Seltenheit spinaler Tumoren im Kindes- und Jugendalter ist die Effektivität auch neuerer Therapieformen schwierig zu beurteilen. Zudem ist das therapeutische Vorgehen uneinheitlich.
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Spezielle Strahlentherapie der malignen Tumoren
Etwa 20% aller malignen Geschwülste des Menschen sind an der Haut lokalisiert. Mehr als 90% dieser Patienten sind älter als 50 Jahre. Die Entwicklung der Hautkrebse zeigt deutlich den Einfluß exogener Faktoren...
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RETRACTED CHAPTER: Schilddrüsenkarzinome — aktuelle diagnostische und therapeutische Strategien
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Zwischenergebnisse der deutsch-österreichischen Studie zu den malignen supratentoriellen Gliomen des Erwachsenenalters
Die Konzeption der Deutsch-Österreichischen Gliomstudie ging von den Ergebnissen der ersten systematischen Studien in den USA [1–6], die Anfang der 80er Jahre vorlagen, aus: Die Evaluation des Stellenwertes vo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Adjuvante Strahlentherapie beim Rektumkarzinom
Evaluation and refinement of surgical techniques in rectal carcinoma have reduced the rate of local recurrences. Nevertheless recurrence it remains high at more than 20% in patients with extensive infiltration...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Radiotherapie von Hirnmetastasen beim Mammakarzinom
Mit der Verlängerung der Überlebenszeiten der Tumorpatienten durch Fortschritte in Diagnostik und Therapie wird zunehmend das Auftreten von Hirnmetastasen beobachtet. Bei etwa 20% der Patienten mit soliden Tum...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Clinical, Endocrinological, and Morphological Study of Pituitary Tumor Recurrence
Depending on the surgical approach, involving either total or subtotal extirpation of pituitary tumors, the recurrence rates have varied from 10.4% (intra- and suprasellar tumors without parasellar enlargement...
