The role of postoperative radiotherapy for the treatment of gangliogliomas

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 432-442

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Zwick, Lena ^a   Leppert, Jan ^a   Bonsanto, Matteo M ^a   Tronnier, Volker ^a   Dunst, Juergen ^a   Schild, Steven E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Local control; Overall survival; Postoperative radiotherapy; Resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 75649152839     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24716     Document Type: Article

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