Low grade supratentorial astrocytomas. Management and prognostic factors

Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1937-1945

  Janny, Pierre ^a   Cure, Hervé ^b   Mohr, Michel ^c   Heldt, Nicole ^d   Kwiatkowski, Fabrice ^b   Lemaire, Jean‐Jacques ^a   Plagne, Robert ^b   Rozan, Raymond ^b  

^a Hopital Fontmaure ^*  (France)

^b Jean Perrin Comprehensive Cancer Centre   (France)

^c Institut d'Anatomie Normale   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

cerebral hemispheres; grading system; low grade astrocytomas; prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; LOMUSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0028295267     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940401)73:7<1937::AID-CNCR2820730727>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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