Results of a policy of surveillance alone after surgical management of pediatric low grade gliomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 704-710

  Fisher, Barbara J ^a,b   Leighton, Christopher C ^a,b   Vujovic, Olga ^a,b   Macdonald, David R ^a,b   Stitt, Larry ^b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Low grade glioma; Pediatric brain tumors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT;

ONCOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MORBIDITY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035501207     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01705-9     Document Type: Article

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