Development of a disease-specific graded prognostic assessment index for the management of sarcoma patients with brain metastases (Sarcoma-GPA)

Abstract Background Brain metastases from sarcomatous lesions pose a management challenge owing to their rarity and the histopathological heterogeneity. Prognostic indices such as the Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA) index have been developed for several primary tumour types presenting with brain...

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Main Authors: Anna Patrikidou, Loic Chaigneau, Nicolas Isambert, Kyriaki Kitikidou, Ryan Shanley, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Thibaud Valentin, Bettina Malivoir, Maryline Laigre, Jacques-Olivier Bay, Laurence Moureau-Zabotto, Emmanuelle Bompas, Sophie Piperno-Neumann, Nicolas Penel, Thierry Alcindor, Cécile Guillemet, Florence Duffaud, Anne Hügli, Cécile Le Pechoux, Frédéric Dhermain, Jean-Yves Blay, Paul W. Sperduto, Axel Le Cesne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-6548-6