Prognostic factors and survival in patients with spinal cord gliomas after radiation therapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 344-351

  Abdel Wahab, May ^a,d,e   Corn, Benjamin ^b   Wolfson, Aaron ^a   Raub, William ^a   Gaspar, Laurie E ^c   Curran Jr , Walter ^b   Bustillo, Pedro ^d   Rubinton, Paul ^b   Markoe, Arnold ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Ependymomas; Radiation; Spinal cord tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033502755     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199908000-00004     Document Type: Article

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