Upfront observation versus radiation for adult pilocytic astrocytoma

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4070-4079

  Ishkanian, Adrian ^a   Laperriere, Normand J ^a   Xu, Wei ^b   Millar, Barbara Ann ^a   Payne, David ^a   Mason, Warren ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adult; observation; pilocytic astrocytoma; radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 80051915961     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25988     Document Type: Review

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