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Tumours of the Central Nervous System

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In general, children with brain tumours are referred to oncological units for adjuvant treatment from neurosurgical centres were the diagnosis has already been established and any surgical treatment completed. This chapter will therefore be concerned mainly with treatment and the emphasis will be on the role of radiotherapy since in recent vears this modality, given postoperatively or as the sole treatment for inoperable cases, is producing improved survival rates. With the extension of life following such treatment it is only natural that there has been anxiety over possible late effects.

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research (London and Surrey), London, England

    H. Julian G. Bloom (Vice-Chairman, Consultant Radiotherapist Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, Consultant Radiotherapist (Neurosurgery) (Vice-Chairman, Consultant Radiotherapist Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, Consultant Radiotherapist (Neurosurgery)

  2. Carshalton, Surrey, and the St. Peter’s Group of Urological Hospitals, London Hon., St. George’s Hospital, London, England

    H. Julian G. Bloom (Vice-Chairman, Consultant Radiotherapist Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, Consultant Radiotherapist (Neurosurgery) (Vice-Chairman, Consultant Radiotherapist Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, Consultant Radiotherapist (Neurosurgery)

  3. Department of Paediatrics, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France

    Jean Lemerle

  4. First Paediatric Hospital, Augsburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Malte K. Neidhardt (Chief) (Chief)

  5. Department of Paediatric Oncology, Emmakinderziekenhuis and Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Paul A. Voûte

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Bloom, H.J.G., Walsh, L.S. (1975). Tumours of the Central Nervous System. In: Bloom, H.J.G., Lemerle, J., Neidhardt, M.K., Voûte, P.A. (eds) Cancer in Children. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2776-7_10

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