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View Post: Health 101 » Childhood Brain Tumors Leave Lasting Mark
4 Nov 2009 by admin  
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Childhood brain tumors cast a long shadow over survivors, who later in life, have been shown to have lower levels of education, employment and income, compared to their siblings and survivors of other types of ...
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View Post: Advanced Pediatric Neurosurgery Program Focuses on Children's ...
23 Nov 2009
“There have been great advancements in the treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors in children in the last two decades,” noted Dr. Kershenovich. "A child's brain is still developing and provides the surgeon a much better opportunity ...
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View Post: The legacy of childhood cancer: Brain cancer and its long term effects
9 Nov 2009 by Children's Hospital Boston staff  
A recent paper by Leah Ellenberg, PhD, of University of California Los Angeles, found that survivors of childhood brain tumors reported significantly greater neurocognitive dysfunction than their siblings or than survivors of other ...
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View Post: Brain Cancer – Causes, Symptoms
26 Nov 2009 by admin  
The use of high-dose X-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation therapy for childhood brain tumors usually comes from a machine and is called external radiation therapy. Steroids may be given to reduce any swelling in the ...
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View Post: Persisting Dilemma of Childhood Brain Cancer Survivors
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4 Nov 2009 by Amit Pathania   ...
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View Post: US Researchers Find Childhood Brain Cancer Survivors Face Lifetime ...
3 Nov 2009 by AHN  
Los Angeles,CA (AHN) – Survivors of childhood brain tumors face a lifetime of cognitive problems, lower levels of education, employment and income compared to their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, according to a large, ...
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View Post: Late Effects of Therapy for Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors ...
19 Oct 2009 by Turner, CD, Rey-Casserly, C., Liptak, CC,...  
The late effects experienced by childhood brain tumor survivors involve multiple domains. This article will review the significant late effects that occur within the medical, neurocognitive, psychosocial, and economic domains of the ...
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