Patterns of care and outcomes among elderly individuals with primary malignant astrocytoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 642-648

  Barnholtz Sloan, Jill S ^a,b,d   Williams, Vonetta L ^a,c   Maldonado, John L ^a   Shahani, Dilip ^a   Stockwell, Heather G ^c   Chamberlain, Marc ^a,b,f   Sloan, Andrew E ^a,d,e  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Elderly patients; Glioblastoma multiforme; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849148626     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/4/0642     Document Type: Article

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