Long-term outcomes for low-grade intracranial ganglioglioma: 30-Year experience from the Mayo Clinic

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 825-830

  Compton, Julia J ^a   Laack, Nadia N Issa ^b   Eckel, Laurence J ^b   Schomas, David A ^b   Giannini, Caterina ^b   Meyer, Fredric B ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Glioma; Low grade glioma; Oncology; Pediatric; Progression free survival; WHO Grade I tumor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBTOTAL RESECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEIZURES; SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868356750     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.JNS111260     Document Type: Article

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