Multifocal Glioblastoma Multiforme: Prognostic Factors and Patterns of Progression

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 820-824

  Showalter, Timothy N ^a   Andrel, Jocelyn ^b   Andrews, David W ^a   Curran Jr , Walter J ^a   Daskalakis, Constantine ^b   Werner Wasik, Maria ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Multifocal; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME; MEDIAN SURVIVAL TIME (MST); MULTIFOCAL;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; GEFITINIB; PROCARBAZINE; TAMOXIFEN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MULTIFOCAL GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548673539     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.03.045     Document Type: Article

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