Adult ependymal tumors: Prognosis and the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-870

  Armstrong, Terri S ^a   Vera Bolanos, Elizabeth ^a   Bekele, B Nebiyou ^a   Aldape, Kenneth ^a   Gilbert, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Ependymoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SPINE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; EPENDYMOMA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149490076     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noq009     Document Type: Article

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