Survival of glioblastoma patients related to presenting symptoms, brain site and treatment variables

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 747-751

  Yuile, Phillip ^a,b   Dent, Owen ^b   Cook, Raymond ^a,b   Biggs, Michael ^a,b   Little, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Radiotherapy; Survival; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SPEECH; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748465003     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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