Malignant cerebral glioma—I: Survival, disability, and morbidity after radiotherapy

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7071, 1996, Pages 1507-1512

  Davies, Elizabeth ^a   Clarke, Charles ^a   Hopkins, Anthony ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SEIZURE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030445572     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7071.1507     Document Type: Article

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