Glioma vascularity correlates with reduced patient survival and increased malignancy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-246

  Russell, Stephen M ^a   Elliott, Robert ^a   Forshaw, David ^a   Golfinos, John G ^a   Nelson, Peter K ^a   Kelly, Patrick J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Glioma; Survival; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 67749103519     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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