A clinicopathologic reappraisal brain stem tumor classification: Identification of pilocytic astrocytoma and fibrillary astrocytoma as distinct entities

Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1569-1576

  Fisher, Paul G ^a,c   Breiter, Steven N ^b   Carson, Benjamin S ^b   Wharam, Moody D ^b   Williams, Jeffery A ^b   Weingart, Jon D ^b   Foer, Dana R ^b   Goldthwaite, Patricia T ^b   Tihan, Tarik ^b   Burger, Peter C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abducens nerve; Brain neoplasms; Brain stem; Fibrillary astrocytoma; Glioma; Pilocytic astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0034307044     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20001001)89:7<1569::AID-CNCR22>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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