Prognostic factors for deep situated malignant gliomas treated with linac radiosurgery

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Wang, Yun Yan ^a   Yang, Guo Kuan ^b   Li, Shu Ying ^a   Bao, Xiu Feng ^a   Wu, Cheng Yuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAISHAN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Glioma; Prognostic factor; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LINAC RADIOSURGERY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3142594009     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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