Gliosarcomas in the elderly: Analysis of 7 cases and clinico-pathological remarks

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Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-496

  Di Norcia, Valerio ^a   Piccirilli, Manolo ^a   Giangaspero, Felice ^b   Salvati, Maurizio ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gliosarcomas; Multimodality treatment; Neurosurgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 54749091628     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400409     Document Type: Article

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