Intracranial ependymomas in adult patients: Analyses of prognostic factors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-268

  Guyotat, J ^a   Signorelli, F ^a   Desme, S ^b   Frappaz, D ^b   Madarassy, G ^a   Fevre Montange, M ^c   Jouvet, A ^a   Bret, Ph ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Adult; Ependymomas; Intracranial; Outcome; Prognostic; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPENDYMOMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; METASTASIS; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENCHYMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036898809     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021136029072     Document Type: Article

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