Glioblastoma - The consequences of advanced patient age on treatment and survival

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  Stark, Andreas M ^a   Hedderich, Jürgen ^a   Held Feindt, Janka ^a   Mehdorn, H Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Glioblastoma; Reoperation; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANK SUM TEST; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33845438030     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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