Gliosarcoma: An audit from a single institution in India of 24 post-irradiated cases over 15 years

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 164-168

  Kumar, Piyush ^a   Singh, Shalini ^a   Kumar, Pavan ^a   Krishnani, Narendra ^a   Datta, Niloy ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Gliosarcoma; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349171017     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.44286     Document Type: Article

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