Glioma

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Weller, Michael ^a   Wick, Wolfgang ^b   Aldape, Ken ^c   Brada, Michael ^d   Berger, Mitchell ^e   Pfister, Stefan M ^f,g   Nishikawa, Ryo ^h   Rosenthal, Mark ⁱ   Wen, Patrick Y ^j   Stupp, Roger ^k   Reifenberger, Guido ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; B RAF KINASE; CARBOPLATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 19P; CHROMOSOME 1P; EPENDYMOMA; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PONTINE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85017193309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2056676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.17     Document Type: Review

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