Corpus callosum involvement as a prognostic factor for patients with high-grade astrocytoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-30

  Stelzer, Keith J ^a,c   Sauvé, Kristen I ^b   Spence, Alexander M ^a   Griffin, Thomas W ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 356043 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Corpus callosum; Glioblastoma multiforme; Recursive partitioning analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 0031127829     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00632-3     Document Type: Article

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