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Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 08/03/2009
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (08/03/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Stage Information 1

Added text 2 to state that children younger than 3 years may have a more favorable prognosis, perhaps reflecting different biologic characteristics (cited Broniscer et al. as reference 10).



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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/Health
Professional/38.cdr#Section_38
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/Health
Professional/84.cdr#Section_84