Patterns of care and outcomes of patients with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: A SEER analysis

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-104

  Perkins, Stephanie M ^a   Mitra, Nandita ^b   Fei, Wan ^b   Shinohara, Eric T ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Radiation; SEER; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866410271     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-012-0939-8     Document Type: Article

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