Elderly people with glioblastoma

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Fiorentino, Alba ^a   Balducci, Mario ^b   Chiesa, Silvia ^b   Fusco, Vincenzo ^a  

^a REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LETTER; LONGEVITY; MONOTHERAPY; ONSET AGE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DACARBAZINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84864329778     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70276-0     Document Type: Letter

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