[Comprehensive therapy of malignant glioma of the brain]

(Kompleksnoe lechenie zlokachestvennykh gliom bol'shikh polusharii golovnogo mozga.)

Full Abstract

The paper deals with the results of therapy of malignant glioma of the brain using a complex of procedures (surgical removal, nidran chemotherapy and telegammatherapy (1991-1997). Therapy and follow-up lasted 2-64 months. Mean survival after treatment was 16 months; 63% survived more than 24 months; post-operative mortality was 2.4%.

Author information

Author/s: Marchenko, S V (SV);

Affiliation: Prof. A.L.Polenov Research Institute of Neurosurgery, St.Petersburg.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Voprosy onkologii (Vopr Onkol), published in RUSSIA. (Language: rus)

Reference: 1997-; vol 43 (issue 6) : pp 610-2

Dates: Created 1998/03/05; Completed 1998/03/05; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 9479362, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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