Survival and prognostic factors in a series of adults with medulloblastomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-487

  Riffaud, Laurent ^a   Saikali, Stephan ^a   Leray, Emmanuelle ^a   Hamlat, Abderrahmane ^a   Haegelen, Claire ^a   Vauleon, Elodie ^b   Lesimple, Thierry ^b  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Eugene Marquis Comprehensive Cancer Center   (France)

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma; Prognostic factor; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70350520490     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.JNS081004     Document Type: Article

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