Current controversies in the radiotherapeutic management of adult low-grade glioma

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 653-658

  Shaw, Edward G ^a   Tatter, Stephen B ^a   Lesser, Glenn J ^a   Ellis, Thomas L ^a   Stanton, Constance A ^a   Stieber, Volker W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; NITROSOUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 6344226408     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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