Low-grade astrocytoma: A decade of experience at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2792-2799

  Gajjar, Amar ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^a   Heideman, Richard ^a   Jenkins, Jesse J ^a   Walter, Andrew ^a   Li, Yulan ^a   Langston, James W ^a   Muhlbauer, Michael ^a   Boyett, James M ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0030872762     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.8.2792     Document Type: Article

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