Long term course of WHO grade II astrocytomas of the Insula of Reil after I-125 interstitial irradiation

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1455-1464

  Mehrkens, Jan H ^a   Kreth, Friedrich W ^a   Muacevic, Alexander ^a   Ostertag, Christoph B ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insula; Interstitial irradiation; Long term follow up; Low grade glioma

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 12844265270     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0561-6     Document Type: Article

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