Clinical features and post-surgical outcome of patients with astroblastoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 750-754

  Sughrue, Michael E ^a   Choi, Jay ^a   Rutkowski, Martin J ^a   Aranda, Derick ^a   Kane, Ari J ^a   Barani, Igor J ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroblastoma; Gross total resection; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Tumor control

Indexed keywords

ASTROBLASTOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955883062     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.11.007     Document Type: Review

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