Glioblastoma in elderly patients: Safety and efficacy of adjuvant radiotherapy with concomitant temozolomide

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Fiorica, F ^a,b   Berretta, M ^c   Colosimo, C ^a   Stefanelli, A ^a   Ursino, S ^a   Zanet, E ^b,c   Palmucci, T ^b   Maugeri, D ^b   Malaguarnera, M ^b   Palmucci, S ^b   Grasso, M ^b   Tirelli, U ^c   Cartei, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly patients with glioblastoma; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Temozolomide therapy

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953289751     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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