Should radiotherapy for low-grade glioma be given immediately after surgery or at the time of progression?

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 128-129

  Rosenfeld, Myrna R ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Efficacy; Oligodendroglioma; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644590722     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0128     Document Type: Short Survey

References (3)

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