Surgical strategy in grade II astrocytoma: A population-based analysis of survival and morbidity with a strategy of early resection as compared to watchful waiting

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2227-2235

  Jakola, Asgeir Store ^a,b,c   Unsgård, Geirmund ^a,b,c   Myrmel, Kristin Smistad ^d   Kloster, Roar ^d   Torp, Sverre Helge ^b   Losvik, Ole Kristian ^a   Lindal, Sigurd ^d   Solheim, Ole ^a,c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c National Centre of Competence in Ultrasound and Image Guided Surgery   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain tumor; Glioma; Histopathology; Neurosurgery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR BIOPSY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84892366687     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1869-8     Document Type: Article

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