Journal article
Coincidence vs Cause: Cure in Three Glioblastoma Patients Treated with Brachytherapy
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Very long term survival after diagnosis of malignant glioma has been described in individual case reports. Survival of more than 10 years is extremely rare, especially when identified in 3 out of 71 patients assigned to one arm of a randomized controlled trial.
PATIENTS: Three patients survived 11, 16, and 18 years following the diagnosis of glioblastoma and treatment with surgery, conventional fractionated radiation, and …
Authors
Dehdashti AR; Sharma S; Laperriere N; Bernstein M
Journal
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 339–342
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
August 2007
DOI
10.1017/s031716710000679x
ISSN
0317-1671