Spinal cord gliomas: A multi-institutional retrospective analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1060-1071

  Abdel Wahab, May ^a,j   Etuk, Blessing ^a   Palermo, James ^b   Shirato, Hiroki ^c   Kresl, John ^d   Yapicier, Ozlem ^e   Walker, Gail ^f   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^g   Shaw, Edward ^b   Lee, Charles ^h   Curran, Walter ⁱ   Thomas, Terry ^d   Markoe, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Anadolu Foundation Health Care System   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Glioma; Radiation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

EPENDYMOMAS; GLIOMA; SPINAL CORD;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644514642     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.09.038     Document Type: Article

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