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Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 08/18/2008
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Changes to This Summary (08/18/2008)

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.

Purpose of This PDQ Summary 1

Added text 2 about the formal evidence ranking system that accompanies some reference citations.

Untreated Childhood Brain Stem Glioma 3

Added text 4 about the level-of-evidence designation that follows some citations in the section.

Cited Korones et al. as reference 11 5.

Added text 6 about the current COG trial (COG-ACNS0222) as a phase II study of motexafin, gadolinium and concomitant radiation therapy


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1http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/HealthProf
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2http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/HealthProf
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3http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/HealthProf
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4http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/HealthProf
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5http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/HealthProf
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6http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-brain-stem-glioma/HealthProf
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