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BROSSARD ALEJO, Julio S; RODRIGUEZ HERRERA, Ernesto; HODELIN TABLADA, Ricardo  e  ROMERO GARCIA, Lázaro I. Tumors of the central nervous system in the first year of life. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.5, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study of 8 patients with tumors of the central nervous system in the first year of life was carried out. They were diagnosed in the Southern Children Hospital of Santiago de Cuba from 1987 to 2008, 5 of them (62,5%) had died when the present article was made. The treatments indicated in this case are the resection of the tumor mass, the most radical surgery depending on its size and localization, as well as the chemotherapy according to the tissular type.

Palavras-chave : child; tumors of the central nervous system; tumor resection; chemotherapy; children hospital.

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