A population-based study of the incidence and survival rates in patients with pilocytic astrocytoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1170-1174

  Burkhard, Christoph ^b   Di Patre, Pier Luigi ^b   Schüler, Danielle ^b   Schüler, Georges ^b   Yaşargil, M Gazi ^b   Yonekawa, Yasuhiro ^b   Lütolf, Urs M ^b   Kleihues, Paul ^b   Ohgaki, Hiroko ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pilocytic astrocytoma; Population based study; Survival; Tumor incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037850782     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.6.1170     Document Type: Article

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