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Infants and young children with primary brain tumors pose a unique moral and medical dilemma. For parents and physicians alike, the late neurotoxic effects of radiation therapy in children whose nervous systems are in a critical stage of development are sufficiently formidable to encourage such divergent views as therapeutic nihilism or an enthusiasm for novel treatment alternatives. A major goal for these patients is to develop treatment strategies that minimize the dose of radiation to the central nervous system.

The first step toward reaching this goal would be to demonstrate that an alternative therapy such as parenteral chemotherapy, which is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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