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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Paediatric brain tumours"”.
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Paediatric brain tumours: The University of Cape Town experience from 1996 - 2017
Brain tumours are the second most common malignancy in children(1) (2), and despite some advancements being made over the last 2 decades, patient outcomes in general remain poor when compared with other childhood cancers. Optimal treatment of children with brain tumours is challenging and expertise …
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Developing Novel Models and Therapeutics for ZFTA-RELA Ependymoma
Paediatric brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer related death in children. Ependymomas are the third most common brain tumour in children. These tumours are found to be incurable in 40% of cases, in large part because of a lack on new treatments. Thirty percent of all ependymomas occur in …
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White Matter Microstructure and Emotional Functioning in Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Tumours
Children treated for brain tumours that arise in the posterior fossa (PF) experience lifelong cognitive and emotional difficulties, and exhibit white matter (WM) damage. This thesis combined diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), eye-tracking and standardized measures of cognitive and emotional …