Malignant supratentorial glioma in the elderly: Is radiotherapy useful?

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 901-905

  Meckling, S ^a   Dold, O ^b   Forsyth, P A J ^a,c   Brasher, P ^a   Hagen, N A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Calgary General Hospital   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029830376     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.901     Document Type: Article

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