Natural history and surgical management of incidentally discovered low-grade gliomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-372

  Potts, Matthew B ^a   Smith, Justin S ^a   Molinaro, Annette M ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Glioma; Incidental; Low grade glioma; Oncology; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGUAGE; LOW GRADE GLIOMA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM GRADING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863026682     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.9.JNS111068     Document Type: Article

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