Single-Agent Carboplatin for a Rare Case of Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma of the Spinal Cord in an Adult with Neurofibromatosis Type 1.

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Published in Case Rep Oncol on October 12, 2016

Authors

Anastasie M Dunn-Pirio1, Elizabeth Howell2, Roger E McLendon3, Katherine B Peters4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA.
2: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C., USA.
3: Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA.
4: Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA; Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA.

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