title: [Chemotherapy of brain tumors in children].
abstract: The present recovery rate of brain tumors (20% of solid tumors in children) is 50%. Besides the progress made in neurosurgery and radiotherapy, those of chemotherapy have indisputably had an impact on the improvement of the rate of recovery. Protocols in use differ according to the histologic type of the tumor (astrocytoma, glioma, medulloblastoma). Indications for therapeutic trials for phase II and III tumors will require a longer period of follow-up as well as strict analysis of the result.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Infantile II, Hôpital d'Enfants, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chastagner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olive-Sommelet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
vernacular_title: La chimiothérapie des tumeurs cérébrales de l'enfant.