Bihemispheric malignant glioma: One size does not fit all

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Bauman, Glenn S ^a,b   Fisher, Barbara J ^a   Cairncross, J Gregory ^a   Macdonald, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glioma; Radiotherapy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LOMUSTINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCARBAZINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0031884851     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005985211037     Document Type: Article

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