title: Diffuse brainstem tumors: when is a biopsy necessary?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Albright
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D000075202:Contraindications; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015996:Survival Rate