Clinical outcome of gliosarcoma compared with glioblastoma multiforme: North Central Cancer Treatment Group results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 425-430

  Galanis, Evanthia ^b   Buckner, Jan C ^a   Dinapoli, Robert P ^b   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Jenkins, Robert B ^b   Wang, Chiao Hua ^b   O'Fallon, Judith R ^b   Farr Jr , Gist ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Glioblastoma multiforme; Gliosarcoma

Indexed keywords

1 (2 CHLOROETHYL) 3 (2,6 DIOXO 3 PIPERIDYL) 1 NITROSOUREA; CARMUSTINE; MITOLACTOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031721858     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.3.0425     Document Type: Article

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