Should elderly patients with glioblastoma be proposed to radiotherapy?;Faut-il irradier les glioblastomes chez les patients âgés ?

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 827-830

  Lopez, S ^a   Taillibert, S ^a   Idbaih, A ^a   Simon, J M ^a   Mazeron, J J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Hypofractionated irradiation; Radiotherapy; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; ONCOLOGY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAFETY;

EID: 55649096330     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2008.05.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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