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Intrinsic Spinal Cord Tumor Resection

Intraspinal tumors in infants and children

Spinal cord tumor biology

Surgery for intradural spinal cord tumors

Spinal Solitary Fibrous Tumors:  A Series of Four Patients

Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Patients over 50 years old: Management and Outcome Analysis

The Current Management of Intramedullary Neoplasms in Children and Young Adults

Additional articles on Spinal Cord Tumors can be found at:

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Suggested Books

• A Whole New Life by Reynolds Price
  

• Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors by Tania Shiminski Maher
  

• Gifts of Time by Fred J. Epstein
  

• If I Get To Five by Fred J. Epstein, Josh Horwitz
  

• Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors by Georges Fischer, Jacques Brotchi
  

• The Body Silent  by Francis Murphy
  

• The Official Patient's SourceBook on Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
  

Common Questions & Concerns

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Glossary

• Glossary of terms for Spinal Cord Tumor Patients
  

SCTA Memorial

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Poems by spinal cord tumor survivors

• Ballard of the Tumors
  

• God Bless SCT Survivors
  

• Of Lost Sensations
  

• Story of a Wonderful Woman
  

• Shakes, shivers, jitter, jerks and jolts
  

• Who are we?
  

• Journey To Love
  

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Support Groups

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• Cyber Knife Patient Support Group
  

• Adult Ependymoma Online Support Group ( T.H.E. Brain Trust )
  

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Personal Website's of Spinal Cord Tumor Survivors

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• WhiteAngel
  

Recommended Websites

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• Kromosoft - Promoting Genetics Awareness for a Healthier Society
  

• Explore the brain and spinal cord
  

2003 SCT Survey Results

Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

Hemangioblastoma

Ganglioglioma

Cavernomas

Radical excision of Intramedullary spinal cord tumors: surgical morbidity and long-term follow-up evaluation in 164 children and young adults

Contact laser microsurgery

Intramedullary Low-Grade Astrocytomas:  Long Term Outcome Following Radical Surgery

Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors:  Present Day and Future Management

Spinal Cord Surgery

Intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children

Articles

SCTA, Inc. encourages the free sharing of information and ideas between survivors and their families through these pages. We also strive to provide links to medical information through our library and other programs. However, we are not medical professionals. In addition, every person's illness is different. PLEASE consult with your physician before relying on anything you read here to decide on a course of treatment.

Clinical presentation and optimal management for Intramedullary Cavernous malformations

A novel model of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Rats:  Functional progression and ...

A novel model of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor: model;  Functional, radiological and histopathological...

Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Children

ICCP Clinical Trials Public Guide 2007.pdf

Neurological outcome after resection of intramedullaryspinal cord tumors in children

Resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children:assessment of long-term motor and sensory deficits

Incidence of spinal deformity after resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children who underwent laminectomy compared with laminoplasty Doc1

Incidence of spinal deformity after resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children who underwent laminectomy compared with laminoplasty  Doc2

Spinal deformity after resection of cervical intramedullaryspinal cord tumors in children

Surgical management of long intramedullary spinal cordtumors

Resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children assessment of long-term motor and sensory deficits

Predictors of ambulatory function after surgical resection of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

The Physiatric Role in Spinal Cord Tumor Rehabilitation and Pain Management.ppt

Paper surveying 66 cases of Intramedullary tumors

Treatment of Spinal Tumors Using CyberKnife Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery:  Pain and Quality of Life Assessment After Treatment of 200 Patients

Treatment of Chordomas with CyberKnife:  Georgetown University Experience and Treatment Recommendations

Ependymomas of the adult: molecular biology and treatment