title: [Current indications of chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant brain tumors in children].
abstract: The prognosis of childhood brain tumors is severe because of a high tumor-related mortality and a poor quality of life in some of the survivors. Chemotherapy is expected to cure more patients but also to reduce the effect of radiation therapy. Till now, the benefit due to chemotherapy in the treatment of these tumors has been minimal but future perspectives are encouraging.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kalifa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jouvet
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Indications actuelles de la chimiothérapie dans le traitement des tumeurs cérébrales malignes de l'enfant.