Radiosurgery as part of the initial management of patients with malignant gliomas

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 1379-1385

  Loeffler, Jay S ^a   Alexander III, Eben ^b   Shea, W Michael ^b   Wen, Patrick Y ^b   Fine, Howard A ^b   Kooy, Hanne M ^b   Black, Peter McL ^b  

^a HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027069526     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1992.10.9.1379     Document Type: Article

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