Biological mechanisms of disease relapse in childhood medulloblastoma

Over 30% of patients diagnosed with a medulloblastoma experience disease recurrence. Relapse is almost universally fatal, only infants who receive delayed radiotherapy at disease recurrence typically survive long term. Consequently relapse is the single leading cause of mortality disease-wide. Impro...

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Main Author: Hill, Rebecca Maree
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.674800