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		Treatment Name:		Multiple Courses of High Dose Chemotherapy With Peripheral Stem Cell Support in Relapsed, Refractory or Progressive Glial Tumors and in Children With Glioblastoma or Incompletely Resected Anaplastic Astrocytoma at the Time of Diagnosis.

		Keywords:		Stem cell transplant

		Phase:		Other / Approved

		Treatment ID#s:		VT31

		Age Group:		Pediatric Only

		Min Karnofsky Score:		Not Specified

		Conditions:		Newly Diagnosed: N Recurrent: Y Prior Surgery is Allowed Prior Radiation is Allowed Prior Chemotherapy is Allowed Pediatric

		Last Updated:		11/27/2005

		Tumor Types:		Anaplastic Astrocytoma Any Malignant Brain Tumor Glioblastoma Multiforme Low Grade Glioma Pediatric Brain Tumors Recurrent Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors


		Comments:

		Treatment Type:		Chemotherapy.

		Contact:		Hackensack University Medical Center Arno Fried, MD, FACS Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Chairman, Dept. Of Neurosurgery Contact: Arno Fried, MD, FACS 30 Prospect Ave Hackensack, NJ 07601 Phone:201-996-5251 Fax: (201)996-0754 Click here to send an email

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