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• Patterns of care and outcomes among elderly individuals with primary malignant astrocytoma.

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• Surgical outcomes for older patients with glioblastoma multiforme: preoperative factors associated with decreased survival. Clinical article.

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• Glioblastoma therapy in the elderly and the importance of the extent of resection regardless of age.

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