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[Low
malignancy grade glioma in the Uppsala++/Orebro region. Prognostic
factors and survival among 119 patients]
[Article
in Swedish]
Ribom D, Adner J, Eriksson A, Persson L, Smits A
Enheten
for neurologi, Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala.
The
benefit of surgery and radiotherapy for patients with low-grade
gliomas is controversial.
We
studied case records of 119 patients diagnosed with low-grade glioma
during 1987-1993 at our hospital.
Statistical
analysis was made on overall survival and on survival related to
histological diagnosis and treatment modality.
A
large variation in survival of patients with similar histological
diagnosis was seen.
No
correlation was found between survival and treatment modality.
This
clinical diversity probably reflects variations in tumor biological
characteristics of low-grade gliomas.
Greater
understanding of the biology of these tumors will thus be needed for
more effective therapies.
PMID: 11036338 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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