Rapid recurrence and malignant transformation of pilocytic astrocytoma in adult patients

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Ellis, Jason A ^a   Waziri, Allen ^a   Balmaceda, Casilda ^a   Canoll, Peter ^a   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^a   Sisti, Michael B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign; Brain tumor; Glioma; Malignant; Pilocytic astrocytoma; WHO grade I

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450250241     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9935-z     Document Type: Article

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