Gliosarcomas: Analysis of 11 cases do two subtypes exist?

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-63

  Salvati, Maurizio ^c   Caroli, Emanuela ^a,d   Raco, Antonino ^b   Giangaspero, Felice ^c   Delfini, Roberto ^b   Ferrante, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gliosarcoma; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944485228     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-004-5949-8     Document Type: Article

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