Effect of hemoglobin on radiotherapy response in children with medulloblastoma: should patients with a low hemoglobin be transfused?

Med Pediatr Oncol. 1999 May;32(5):395-7. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-911x(199905)32:5<395::aid-mpo18>3.0.co;2-c.

Authors

E Chow¹, C E Danjoux, I Pataki, E Franssen, R D Jenkin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Canada.

PMID: 10219347
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-911x(199905)32:5<395::aid-mpo18>3.0.co;2-c

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anemia / complications*
Blood Transfusion*
Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hemoglobins*
Humans
Hypoxia
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medulloblastoma / radiotherapy*
Radiation Tolerance
Retrospective Studies
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Hemoglobins