Long-term survival and functional status of patients with low-grade astrocytoma of spinal cord

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-100

  Robinson, Clifford G ^a   Prayson, Richard A ^a   Hahn, Joseph F ^a   Kalfas, Iain H ^a   Whitfield, Melvin D ^a   Lee, Shih Yuan ^a   Suh, John H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FUNCTIONS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

ASTROCYTOMA; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR BIOPSY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 26944439746     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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