Being old is no fun: Treatment of glioblastoma multiforme in the elderly

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-640

  Chiocca, E Antonio ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

AGING; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 41849110547     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/4/0639     Document Type: Editorial

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