Prognostic significance of intracranial dissemination of glioblastoma multiforme in adults

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 622-628

  Parsa, Andrew T ^a,b   Wachhorst, Scott ^a   Lamborn, Kathleen R ^a   Prados, Michael D ^a   McDermott, Michael W ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a   Chang, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Glioma; Multifocal lesion; Survival; Tumor dissemination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18744392560     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.4.0622     Document Type: Review

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