Low‐grade cerebral astrocytomas: Survival and quality of life after radiation therapy

Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 6-14

  North, Catherine A ^a   North, Richard B ^a   Epstein, Jonathan A ^a   Piantadosi, Steven ^a   Wharam, Moody D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0025323137     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900701)66:1<6::AID-CNCR2820660103>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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