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Metastasis Stage, Adjuvant Treatment, and Residual Tumor Are Prognostic Factors for Medulloblastoma in Children: Conclusions From the Children's Cancer Group 921 Randomized Phase III Study by ZELTZER, P. M, BOYETT, J. M, WISOFF, J. H, GEYER, J. R, MCGUIRE-CULLEN, P, STEHBENS, J. A, SHURIN, S. B, PACKER, R. J, FINLAY, J. L, ALBRIGHT, A. L, RORKE, L. B, MILSTEIN, J. M, ALLEN, J. C, STEVENS, K. R, STANLEY, P, HAO LI

“…From 1986 to 1992, "eight-drugs-in-one-day" (8-in-1) chemotherapy both before and after radiation therapy (XRT) (54 Gy tumor/36 Gy neuraxis) was compared with…”
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Alzheimer's disease comorbidity in normal pressure hydrocephalus: prevalence and shunt response by Golomb, J, Wisoff, J, Miller, D C, Boksay, I, Kluger, A, Weiner, H, Salton, J, Graves, W

“…The clinical impact of Alzheimer's disease pathology at biopsy was investigated in 56 cognitively impaired patients undergoing shunt surgery for idiopathic…”
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Current neurosurgical management and the impact of the extent of resection in the treatment of malignant gliomas of childhood : A report of the Children's Cancer Group Trial No. CCG-945 by WISOFF, J. H, BOYETT, J. M, PACKER, R. J, FINLAY, J. L, BERGER, M. S, BRANT, C, HAO LI, YATES, A. J, MCGUIRE-CULLEN, P, TURSKI, P. A, SUTTON, L. N, ALLEN, J. C

“…One hundred seventy-two children with high-grade astrocytomas were treated by members of the Children's Cancer Group in a prospective randomized trial designed…”
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Eosinophilic Granuloma Presenting as Post-Traumatic Scalp Hematoma with Epidural Hemorrhage: A Case Report by Pawar, R.V., Hagiwara, M., Milla, S., Wisoff, J., George, A.E.

“…Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) encompasses a range of clinical presentations. Pure osseous involvement is referred to as eosinophilic granuloma (EG),…”
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Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Children With Medulloblastoma: Use and Effect on Tumor Control by PACKER, Roger J, BOYETT, James M, GREENBERG, Mark, GOLDMAN, Stewart, HYDER, Douglas, HEIDEMAN, Richard, JONES-WALLACE, Dana, AUGUST, Gilbert P, SMITH, Sharon H, MOSHANG, Thomas, JANSS, Anna J, STAVROU, Theodora, KUN, Larry, WISOFF, Jeffrey, RUSSO, Carolyn, GEYER, Russell, PHILLIPS, Peter, KIERAN, Mark

“…Progress has been made in the treatment of medulloblastoma, the most common childhood malignant brain tumor: However, many long-term survivors will have…”
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Central nervous system gangliogliomas. Part 2: Clinical outcome by Lang, F F, Epstein, F J, Ransohoff, J, Allen, J C, Wisoff, J, Abbott, I R, Miller, D C

“…The records of 58 patients with gangliogliomas surgically treated between January 1, 1980, and June 30, 1990, were retrospectively reviewed in order to…”
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Repeat endoscopic third ventriculostomy : is it worth trying by SIOMIN, Vitaly, WEINER, Howard, CONSTANTINI, Shlomi, WISOFF, Jeffrey, CINALLI, Giuseppe, PIERRE-KAHN, Alain, SAINT-ROSE, Christian, ABBOTT, Rick, ELRAN, Hanoch, BENI-ADANI, Liana, OUAKNINE, Georges

“…The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and indications for repeat endoscopic third ventriculostomies (ETV). We reviewed the records of 20…”
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Surgical management of symptomatic pineal cysts by WISOFF, J. H, EPSTEIN, F

“…The authors present a series of six patients with large symptomatic benign pineal cysts and review the 27 patients previously reported in the literature…”
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Twenty-year experience with early surgery for craniosynostosis: II. The craniofacial synostosis syndromes and pansynostosis--results and unsolved problems by McCarthy, J G, Glasberg, S B, Cutting, C B, Epstein, F J, Grayson, B H, Ruff, G, Thorne, C H, Wisoff, J, Zide, B M

“…As the second of a two-part series, 76 patients with pansynostosis and craniofacial synostosis syndromes were retrospectively analyzed. Diagnoses included…”
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Surgical management of recurrent craniopharyngiomas by Wisoff, J H

“…Recurrence is the most common complication of all forms of treatment of craniopharyngioma. Reoperation is the preferred treatment for unsuspected residual…”
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Surgical management of exophytic chiasmatic-hypothalamic tumors of childhood by WISOFF, J. H, ABBOTT, R, EPSTEIN, F

“…Sixteen children underwent 18 operations for radical resection of chiasmatic-hypothalamic tumors. The clinical presentation correlated with age: infants under…”
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Malignant astrocytomas of the spinal cord by Cohen, A R, Wisoff, J H, Allen, J C, Epstein, F

“…The authors review their experience with the operative management of 19 consecutive cases of malignant astrocytoma of the spinal cord. There was a male to…”
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Effects of medulloblastoma resections on outcome in children: a report from the Children's Cancer Group by Albright, A L, Wisoff, J H, Zeltzer, P M, Boyett, J M, Rorke, L B, Stanley, P

“…We reviewed the data of children with high-stage primitive neuroectodermal tumors (medulloblastomas) who were treated on Children's Cancer Group-921 protocol…”
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Correlation of neurosurgical subspecialization with outcomes in children with malignant brain tumors by Albright, A L, Sposto, R, Holmes, E, Zeltzer, P M, Finlay, J L, Wisoff, J H, Berger, M S, Packer, R J, Pollack, I F

“…This study was performed to evaluate the association between the type of neurosurgeon (general or pediatric) and either the extent of tumor removal or the…”
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Survival and prognostic factors following radiation and/or chemotherapy for primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the pineal region in infants and children: a report of the Childrens Cancer Group by Jakacki, R I, Zeltzer, P M, Boyett, J M, Albright, A L, Allen, J C, Geyer, J R, Rorke, L B, Stanley, P, Stevens, K R, Wisoff, J

“…To describe the biologic and clinical features of children with primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) arising in the pineal region (pineoblastomas) and…”
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Subfascial implantation of intrathecal baclofen pumps in children: technical note by Kopell, B H, Sala, D, Doyle, W K, Feldman, D S, Wisoff, J H, Weiner, H L

“…Indwelling intrathecal drug delivery systems are becoming increasingly important as a method of neuromodulation within the nervous system. In particular,…”
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Immunolocalization of transforming growth factor beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3 and insulin-like growth factor I in premature cranial suture fusion by Roth, D A, Gold, L I, Han, V K, McCarthy, J G, Sung, J J, Wisoff, J H, Longaker, M T

“…The etiology of craniosynostosis remains unknown. The beta group of transforming growth factors (TGF-beta) and insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and IGF-II)…”
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Prognostic factors in children with supratentorial (nonpineal) primitive neuroectodermal tumors. A neurosurgical perspective from the Children's Cancer Group by Albright, A L, Wisoff, J H, Zeltzer, P, Boyett, J, Rorke, L B, Stanley, P, Geyer, J R, Milstein, J M

“…Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors (S-PNETs), which have also been called cerebral neuroblastomas, have been considered to be the hemispheric…”
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Survival of infants with primitive neuroectodermal tumors or malignant ependymomas of the CNS treated with eight drugs in 1 day: a report from the Childrens Cancer Group by Geyer, J R, Zeltzer, P M, Boyett, J M, Rorke, L B, Stanley, P, Albright, A L, Wisoff, J H, Milstein, J M, Allen, J C, Finlay, J L

“…Very young children with CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) and ependymomas have a poor prognosis and commonly have impairment of growth and…”
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Management of hydrocephalus in children with medulloblastoma: prognostic factors for shunting by Lee, M, Wisoff, J H, Abbott, R, Freed, D, Epstein, F J

“…Patients with medulloblastoma frequently present with hydrocephalus. While not all patients with medulloblastoma will continue to suffer from hydrocephalus…”
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