Quality-adjusted survival analysis of malignant glioma. Patients treated with twice-daily radiation (RT) and carmustine: A report of radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) 83-02

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 453-459

  Murray, Kevin J ^a   Nelson, Diana F ^b   Scott, Charles ^c   Fischbach, A Jennifer ^d   Porter, Arthur ^e   Farnan, Nancy ^b   Curran Jr , Walter J ^f  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

^c RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^d LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Department of Pathology   (United States)

^f FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperfractionated radiation therapy; Malignant gliomas; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROTOXICITY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARMUSTINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028813901     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)93160-9     Document Type: Article

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