Repeated surgery for glioblastoma multiforme: only in combination with other salvage therapy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 506-509

  Mandl, Ellen S ^a   Dirven, C M F ^a   Buis, D R ^a   Postma, T J ^a   Vandertop, W P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combined modality therapy; Glioma; Karnofsky performance status

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGERY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049111663     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.03.043     Document Type: Article

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