Race and prognosis of brain tumor patients entering multicenter clinical trials: A report from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-120

  Simpson, Joseph R ^a,h   Scott, Charles B ^b   Rotman, Marvin ^c   Curran, Walter J ^d   Constine III, Louis S ^e   Fischbach, A Jennifer ^f   Asbell, Sucha O ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Radiation Therapy Oncology Group   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f Latter Day Saints Hospital   (United States)

^g Albert Einstein/N Division

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Malignant glioma; Prognosis; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RACE; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029871577     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199604000-00005     Document Type: Article

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