Quality-adjusted survival after tumor resection and/or radiation therapy for elderly patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 561-568

  Muacevic, Alexander ^a   Kreth, Friedrich W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Quality adjusted survival; Radiation therapy; Stereotactic biopsy; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENTS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037903304     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1036-x     Document Type: Article

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