Atypical and malignant meningiomas: An outcome report of seventeen cases

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Coke, Courtney C ^a   Corn, Benjamin W ^a   Werner Wasik, Maria ^a   Xie, Yang ^a   Curran Jr , Walter J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical meningioma; Malignant meningioma; Outcome report

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GOLD 198;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLD RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031689576     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005981731739     Document Type: Article

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