Presentation, management, and outcome of elderly patients with newly-diagnosed anaplastic astrocytoma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Tanaka, Shota ^a   Meyer, Fredric B ^a   Buckner, Jan C ^a   Uhm, Joon H ^a   Yan, Elizabeth S ^a   Parney, Ian F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Chemotherapy; Elderly; Radiation therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG ERUPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84867872088     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-012-0956-7     Document Type: Article

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