Glossary

A
abdomen
acinar cell carcinoma
acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
adenocarcinoma
adenoma
adrenal medulla
ALK gene
alkaline phosphatase
alkylants
allele
allogeneic stem cell transplantation
alpha-1 fetoprotein
anaemia
anaesthesia
anamnesis
Ann Arbor staging system
anthracyclines
antibiotics
antibody
antigen
aplastic anaemia
apoptosis
ascites
astrocytoma
audiogram
audiometry
autologous stem cell transplantation
autonomic nervous system

B
B lymphocytes
B-symptoms
bacteria
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
biopsy
bisphosphonates
blastema
blasts
blood coagulation
blood count
blood group
blood plasma
blood stem cells
blood transfusion
blood-brain barrier
Bloom syndrome
bone marrow
bone marrow punch biopsy
bone marrow puncture
brachytherapy
brain
brainstem

C
calcium
cancer predisposition syndrome
carcinoma
catecholamines
catheter
cell
central nervous system
cerebellar tentorium
cerebellopontine angle
cerebellum
cerebral ventricles
cerebrospinal fluid
cerebrum
chemotherapy
chromosomal
chromosome
CNS tumour
computed tomography
conditioning
contrast agent
creatinine
cryotherapy
cytogenetic
cytogenetics
cytological
cytomorphological
cytopenia
cytoreductive
cytostatics

D
deletion
Denys-Drash syndrome
diabetes insipidus
diagnostics
Diamond-Blackfan anaemia
diaphragm
diencephalon
differential diagnosis
differentiated
differentiation
DNA
Down syndrome
drainage
dyskeratosis congenita
dysplasia

E
echocardiography
electrocardiography
electroencephalography
electromagnetic
embolization
embryonal
embryonial development
endocrine
endoscopy
enzyme
epidemiology
epigenetic
epilepsy
epithelial tissue
Epstein-Barr virus
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
erythrocytes
erythropoietin
evoked potentials
exocrine
exophthalmus
external ventricular drainage
eyelid ecchymosis

F
familial adenomatous polyposis
Fanconi anaemia
fine needle biopsy
fontanelle

G
gene
genetic
genetics
genomic
germ cell tumours
germ cells
germline
glandular fever
glial cells
glioblastoma
glioma
glucagon
Gorlin-Goltz syndrome
GPOH
granulocytes
granulocytopenia
gray

H
haemangioendothelioma
haemangioma
haematocrit
haematoma
haematopoiesis
haematuria
haemoglobin
hamartoma
hemihypertrophy
high-dose chemotherapy
Hirschsprung`s disease
histological
histology
HIV
Hodgkin lymphoma
hormone
Horner`s syndrome
hydrocephalus
hyperleukocytosis
hypocellular
hypothalamus

I
imaging
immune defence
immune response
immune system
immunodeficiency
immunohistochemical
immunological
immunophenotyping
immunosuppressive
immunotherapy
indication
infection
infusion
inhibitor
injection
insulin
intrathecal
intrathecal chemotherapy
intravenous
intraventricular
ionising radiation
iron overload

L
lactate dehydrogenase
laparoscopy
laparotomy
laser beam
laser therapy
leukaemia
leukocytes
leukopenia
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
light microscope
lipoma
Louis-Bar syndrome
lumbar puncture
lymph nodes
lymphatic system
lymphoblasts
lymphocytes
lymphoma

M
macrocephalus
magnetic resonance imaging
mediastinum
medulloblastoma
MEN syndrome
meninges
mesenchymal
mesenchymal stem cells
metaphysis
metastasis
MIBG
MIBG scintigraphy
MIBG therapy
microorganisms
microscope
midbrain
molecular
molecular biological
molecular genetic
molecular genetics
molecule
monoclonal antibodies
monocytes
monosomy 7
morphological
MRI
mTOR inhibitor
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
mutation
MYCN
MYCN amplification

N
nephroblastoma
nerve cells
nerve tissue
nervous system
neuroblastoma
neuroectodermal
neurofibromatosis
neurological
neuromonitoring:
neuron-specific enolase
neurosurgery
neutropenia
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
nystagmus

O
Ommaya reservoir
operability
ophthalmological
opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome
optic nerve
oral
osteosarcoma
outpatient

P
paediatric oncologist
Paget`s disease
palliative therapy
pathologist
peripheral nervous system
Perlman syndrome
petechiae
Peyer`s patches
phaeochromocytoma
phosphorus
physical examination
pineal gland
pituitary gland
pleural effusion
positron emission tomography
posterior cranial fossa
postoperative
preoperative
primary tumour
primary urine
primitive
prognosis
prognostic factors
protein kinase
puberty
puncture

R
radiation
radiation exposure
radioactive
radioactive radiation
radiologist
radiotherapy
randomisation
recurrence
refractory
rehabilitation
remission
resistance
retinoblastoma
retinoblastoma gene
rhabdomyosarcoma
Rickham reservoir

S
sarcoma
scintigraphy
seizures
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
SIOP
skeletal scintigraphy
soft tissue
soft tissue sarcoma
solid tumour
spinal cord
stem cell transplantation
stem cells
stereotactic
supportive therapy
supratentorial
surgery
sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic trunk
symptom
syndrome
systemic

T
T lymphocytes
therapy optimising trial
thermotherapy
thrombocytes
thrombocytopenia
thrombocytosis
thymus gland
topoisomerase inhibitors
translocation
transplantation
tuberous sclerosis
tumour
tumour lysis syndrome
tumour marker
tumour suppressor gene
Turcot syndrome
tyrosine kinase

U
ultrasound
undifferentiated
Undine syndrome
urea
uric acid

V
vein
ventriculo-peritoneal shunt
ventriculostomy
virus
vitamins

W
WAGR syndrome
Werner`s syndrome
WHO
WHO classification
Wilms tumour
Wilms tumour gene
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

X
X-ray examination
X-rays