Supratentorial low-grade glioma in adults: An analysis of prognostic factors and timing of radiation

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1294-1301

  Leighton, C ^a   Fisher, B ^a   Bauman, G ^a   Depiero, S ^a   Stitt, L ^a   MacDonald, D ^a   Cairncross, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0030949733     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.4.1294     Document Type: Article

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