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General Pediatric Brain Tumor

 

 

Resources

 

For Health Care Professionals:

Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology: Cancer Prone Diseases

Childhood Brain Tumors at the National Cancer Institute

University of Arizona Pediatric History and Physical Examination

MARTINDALE'S THE "VIRTUAL" ~ MEDICAL CENTER

Brain Lesion Locator™: Differential Diagnosis by Location

 

Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (Hardback) Edited by Philip Lanzkowsky

Pediatric Radiation Oncology (Hardback) By (author) Edward C. Halperin, By (author) Louis S Constine, By (author) Nancy J. Tarbell, By (author) Larry E. Kun

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology (Hardback) Edited by Philip A. Pizzo, Edited by David G. Poplack

 

For patients:

 

Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada:  www.braintumour.ca

 

Brain Tumour Foundation for Children, Inc:  www.braintumorkids.org

Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation: www.childhoodbraintumor.org

Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation: www.cbtf.org

The Healing Exchange Brain Trust: www.braintrust.org

The International Brain Tumour Alliance: www.theibta.org

Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States: www.pbtfus.org

Pediatric Low-Grade Astroctyoma Foundation: www.fightplga.org

Pituitary Network Association: www.pituitary.org

 

References

Gurney JG, Smith MA, Olshan AF, Hecht SS, Kasum CM.Clues to the etiology of childhood brain cancer: N-nitroso compounds, polyomaviruses, and other factors of interest.Cancer Investigation 2001; 19: 630-640.

Hansen C, Sorensen LD, Asmussen I, Autrup H. Transplacental exposure to tobacco smoke in human-adduct formation in placenta and umbilical cord vessels. Teratogen, Carcinogen, Mutagen 1992; 12: 51-60.

Harvey EB, Boice Jr, JD, Honeyman M, Flannery JT. Prenatal x-ray exposure and childhood cancer in twins.New England Journal of Medicine 1985, 312, 541-545.

Kuijten, RR, Bunin GR. Risk factors for childhood brain tumors.Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 1993; 2: 277-288.

Li FP, Fraumeni JF.Rhabdomyosarcoma in children: Epidemiologic study and identification of a familial cancer syndrome.Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1969; 43: 1364.

 


 

 

 

 

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