Glioblastoma: approach to treat elderly patients
Treating elderly cancer patients is a challenge for oncologists, especially considering the several therapeutic modalities in glioblastoma. Extensive tumor resection offers the best chance of local control. Adequate radiotherapy should always be given to elderly patients if they have undergone gross...
Main Authors: | Luciola de Barros Pontes, Theodora Karnakis, Suzana Maria Fleury Malheiros, Eduardo Weltman, Reynaldo André Brandt, Rafael Aliosha Kaliks Guendelmann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
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Series: | Einstein (São Paulo) |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082012000400021&lng=en&tlng=en |
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