title: Section on tumors: Young Investigator Award: Local release of carboplatin via an Alzet mini-osmotic pump prolongs survival in a rat brainstem tumor model.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Qingze
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guarnieri
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Clatterbuck
authors.forename: Yajun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Benjamin S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D009995:Osmosis; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016190:Carboplatin