Evaluating the incidence and utility of microscopic metastatic dissemination as diagnosed by lumbar cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) samples in children with newly diagnosed intracranial ependymoma.

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Published in J Neurooncol on November 01, 2010

Authors

Jason Fangusaro1, Clark Van Den Berghe, Tadanori Tomita, Veena Rajaram, Dolly Aguilera, Deli Wang, Stewart Goldman

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplantation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. jfangusaro@childrensmemorial.org

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