Effectiveness of radiotherapy for elderly patients with anaplastic gliomas

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 773-778

  Mukherjee, Debraj ^a   Manuel Sarmiento, J ^a   Nosova, Kristin ^a   Boakye, Maxwell ^b   Lad, Shivanand P ^c   Black, Keith L ^a   Nuño, Miriam ^a   Patil, Chirag G ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Anaplastic glioma; Anaplastic oligodendroglioma; Elderly; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANCER REGISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898598711     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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