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Astrocytomas
Patients with low-grade spinal cord astrocytoma should be routinely evaluated
October 25th, 2005
Patients with low-grade astrocytoma of the spinal cord should be routinely evaluated to follow-up treatment outcomes. Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to determine survival and changes in neurologic function and Karnofsky performance status (KPS) in a series of patients treated for low-grade astrocytoma of the spinal cord during the past two decades. This study consisted of 14 patients with pathologically confirmed low-grade astrocytoma of the spinal cord who were treated between 1980 and 2003. All patients underwent decompressive laminectomy followed by biopsy (n=7), subtotal resection (n=6), or gross total resection (n=1)." "Ten...
Source: cancer weekly (2005-10-25)
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