Low grade gliomas treated with adjuvant radiation therapy in the modern imaging era

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-226

  Mansur, David B ^a,b   Hekmatpanah, Javad ^a,b   Wollman, Robert ^a,b   Macdonald, Loch ^a,b   Nicholas, Kelly ^a,b   Beckmann, Enrique ^a,b   Mundt, Arno J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioma; Outcome; Progression; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034441886     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200006000-00002     Document Type: Article

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