title: The 2008 annual meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery: highlights of the oncology session.
abstract: The International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN) was founded in 1972 with the intention of becoming an international organization joining neurosurgeons interested in pediatric neurosurgery from all over the world. Since its foundation, the ISPN organizes an annual meeting and the location of this conference rotates between the five continents. This year's 36th annual meeting took place in Cape Town, South Africa, and focused on different topics, including pediatric neuro-oncology, which is the subject of this report.
authors.affiliation: Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto M5G 1X8, Canada. eric.bouffet@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouffet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000601:surgery; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000145:classification; D005910:Glioma / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000235:genetics; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000601:surgery; D014944:World Health Organization