On the issue of early and aggressive treatment in grade 2 gliomas

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-160

  Ribom, Dan ^a   Smits, Anja ^a   Hartman, Magdalena ^a   Persson, Lennart ^a   Blomquist, Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glioma; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038366426     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-003-0423-0     Document Type: Article

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