CT prognostic criteria of survival after malignant glioma surgery.

J Andreou, AE George, A Wise… - American Journal …, 1983 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The serial pre-and postoperative computed tomographic (CT) scans of 115 patients entered
in the Cooperative Brain Tumor Study between 1975 and 1982 were analyzed in order to …

Computerized tomography in the prognosis of malignant cerebral gliomas

J Murovic, K Turowski, CB Wilson, T Hoshino… - Journal of …, 1986 - thejns.org
✓ Ninety-seven patients with supratentorial malignant gliomas who received postoperative
radiation therapy and chemotherapy at the University of California, San Francisco, from …

The prognostic importance of tumor size in malignant gliomas: a computed tomographic scan study by the Brain Tumor Cooperative Group.

JR Wood, SB Green, WR Shapiro - Journal of clinical oncology, 1988 - ascopubs.org
The prognostic importance of tumor size was studied in 510 patients with malignant glioma
(80% with glioblastoma multiforme) in the Valid Study Group of Study 80-01 of the Brain …

Prognostic significance of the pretreatment CT scan on time to progression for patients with malignant gliomas

VA Levin, WF Hoffman, DC Heilbron… - Journal of Neurosurgery, 1980 - thejns.org
✓ Case histories of 61 patients receiving multimodality therapy for primary malignant brain
tumors were reviewed for factors visible on the computerized tomography (CT) scan that …

Extirpation of glioblastomas: MR and CT follow-up of residual tumor and regrowth patterns.

M Forsting, FK Albert, S Kunze… - American journal …, 1993 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To optimize the timing of CT and MR after glioblastoma resection and to define
the pattern of tumor regrowth. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Sixty-eight patients with …

[BOOK][B] Surgical management of intracranial gliomas—does radical resection improve outcome?

ER Laws, ME Shaffrey, A Morris, FA Anderson - 2003 - Springer
This paper discusses the arguments for and against radical tumor resection as a strategy for
treatment of cerebral gliomas. Method. Data from the Glioma Outcome Project were …

Prognostic implications of the extent of surgical resection in patients with intracranial malignant gliomas

T Nitta, K Sato - Cancer, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The goal of treating patients with malignant gliomas by intracranial surgery has
been to remove as much tumor as possible without causing new neurologic deficits …

Serial computed tomography of primary brain tumors following surgery, irradiation, and chemotherapy

JE Marks, M Gado - Radiology, 1977 - pubs.rsna.org
55 patients with primary brain tumors were studied by CT scans before, during, and after
treatment to determine chronological changes in morphology. Pretreatment scans showed …

Longitudinal CT study of parenchymal brain changes in glioma survivors.

LA Stylopoulos, AE George… - American journal …, 1988 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We reviewed the serial CT studies obtained between 1974 and 1986 of 31 patients with
malignant glioma who survived for 2 to 11 years after surgical removal of their tumors. In all …

Complications and expected outcome of glioma surgery

KP Vives, JM Piepmeier - Journal of Neuro-oncology, 1999 - Springer
The management of patients with intracerebral glioma is focused upon the selection of
treatment modalities that prolong survival while minimizing the risk of complications and …