Routine clinical adoption of magnetic resonance imaging was associated with better outcome after surgery in elderly patients with a malignant astrocytic tumour: A retrospective review

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-255

  Fujimura, M ^a   Kumabe, Toshihiro ^a   Tominaga, T ^a   Jokura, H ^a   Shirane, R ^a   Yoshimoto, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Malignant astrocytoma; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842479916     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0191-2     Document Type: Review

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