Эпидемиология и результаты лечения опухолей головного мозга у детей (обзор литературы)

Yuriy Orlov

Authors

Yuriy Orlov Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kiev, Ukraine

Keywords:

brain tumor, children, epidemiology, treatment outcome

Abstract

The paper reviews the last informations about the epidemiology and results for treatment of brain tumors in children. Also analyzed the literature dependence of localization and histopathological classification of tumors. The paper performed, who importent to combined treatment of brain tumors. Which evident improving the results for treatment and live quality of the patients.

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