Prognosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Astrocytoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 727-733

  Minehan, Kiernan J ^a,b   Brown, Paul D ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Krauss, William E ^a   Wright, Michael P ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Pilocytic; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

ASTROCYTOMA; MEDIAN SURVIVALS; MULTI-VARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVALS; PILOCYTIC; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPIES; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL RESECTIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD ASTROCYTOMA; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTROCYTOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649114001     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.060     Document Type: Article

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