Effect of surgery on tumor progression and malignant degeneration in hemispheric diffuse low-grade astrocytomas

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 549-552

  Klç, Türker ^a   Özduman, Koray ^a   Elmac, Ilhan ^a   Sav, Aydn ^a   Necmettin Pamir, M ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Astroctoma; Low grade astrocyoma; Radiotherapy; Recurrence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036745189     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2002.1136     Document Type: Article

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