Butterfly glioblastomas: A retrospective review and qualitative assessment of outcomes

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 555-563

  Dziurzynski, Kristine ^a,b   Blas Boria, David ^c   Suki, Dima ^a   Cahill, Daniel P ^d   Prabhu, Sujit S ^a   Puduvalli, Vinay ^a   Levine, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Wheaton Franciscan All Saints   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifrontal glioma; Biftrontal glioblastoma; Bihemispheric glioma; Butterfly glioma; Butterfly gliomblastoma; Corpus callosum glioblastoma

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; BUTTERFLY GLIOBLASTOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866021510     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-012-0926-0     Document Type: Review

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