Pilocytic astrocytoma survival in adults: Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Johnson, Derek R ^a   Brown, Paul D ^a,b   Galanis, Evanthia ^a   Hammack, Julie E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Mortality; Pilocytic astrocytoma; SEER program; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPECTED SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862826608     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-012-0829-0     Document Type: Article

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