Prognostic Factors for Survival in Adult Patients With Cerebral Low-Grade Glioma

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Authors

Francesco Pignatti · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

Martin J. van den Bent · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

Desmond Curran · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

C. Debruyne · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

Richard Sylvester · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

Patrick Therasse · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

Abstract

In adult patients with LGG, older age, astrocytoma histology, presence of neurologic deficits before surgery, largest tumor diameter, and tumor crossing the midline were important prognostic factors for survival. These factors can be used to identify low-risk and high-risk patients.

Topics & Keywords

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Brain Metastases and Treatment Meningioma and schwannoma management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 20, Issue 8, pp. 2076-2084

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2002.08.121

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