Outcomes of Malignant CNS Ependymomas: An Examination of 2408 Cases Through the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database (1973-2005)

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-351

  Rodríguez, Dayron ^a   Cheung, Michael C ^a   Housri, Nadine ^a   Quinones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^b   Camphausen, Kevin ^c   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; ependymoma; malignancy; outcomes; radiation; SEER; surgery; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; DATA BASE; EPENDYMOMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249092498     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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