Comparison of chemoradiotherapy with radiotherapy alone for “biopsy only” anaplastic astrocytoma
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Comparison of chemoradiotherapy with radiotherapy alone for “biopsy only” anaplastic astrocytoma
BACKGROUND It has become increasingly common to incorporate adjuvant chemotherapy with radiotherapy in the treatment of resected anaplastic astrocytoma based on results from recent phase II/III randomized trials. However, whether or not combined chemoradiotherapy is associated with improved survival outcome in patients who undergo "biopsy only" is less clear. METHODS The US National Cancer Da...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oncotarget
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1949-2553
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.17441