Early or delayed radiosurgery for WHO grade II astrocytomas

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 523-532

  Park, Kyung Jae ^a,b   Kano, Hideyuki ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^c   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Gamma knife; Low grade astrocytoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959784518     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0409-0     Document Type: Article

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