Efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery as a salvage treatment for recurrent malignant gliomas

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2046-2051

  Kong, Doo Sik ^a   Lee, Jung Il ^a   Park, Kwan ^a   Jong, Hyun Kim ^a   Lim, Do Hoon ^a   Nam, Do Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Malignant glioma; Radiosurgery; Recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; GLIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 42449146086     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23402     Document Type: Article

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