Changes in presentation, treatment, and outcomes of adult low-grade gliomas over the past fifty years
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Changes in presentation, treatment, and outcomes of adult low-grade gliomas over the past fifty years.
BACKGROUND To identify changes in patient presentation, treatment, and outcomes of low-grade gliomas (LGGs) over the past 50 years. METHODS Records of 852 adults who received a diagnosis at Mayo Clinic from 1960 through 2011 with World Health Organization grade II LGGs were reviewed and grouped by those who received a diagnosis before (group I: 1960-1989) and after (group II: 1990-2011) the r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuro-Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1522-8517,1523-5866
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not080