Outcome predictors in the management of spinal cord ependymoma

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-404

  Gavin Quigley, D ^a   Farooqi, Naeem ^a   Pigott, Timothy J D ^a   Findlay, Gordon F G ^a   Pillay, Robin ^a   Buxton, Neil ^a   Jenkinson, Michael D ^a,b  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Spinal ependymoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD EPENDYMOMA; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947313319     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0168-y     Document Type: Article

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