Hemispheric supratentorial low-grade astrocytoma
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in min - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
- Vol. 35 (01) , 18-22
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1052239
Abstract
The records of 57 patients who were operated on at the Beilinson Medical Center from 1970 through 1982 for supratentorial low-grade astrocytomas were reviewed. The management of these patients was correlated with survival. Our study demonstrates that a younger age at onset and a negative radionuclide uptake on isotope scan, were the most important factors associated with a better survival rate. Extensive tumor resection combined with radiation therapy also exercised a beneficial effect in prolonging survival.Keywords
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