Extent of surgical resection of high-grade glioma among the elderly

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (J.H.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (S.A.A.).

Comment

Jetan H Badhiwala et al. Neuro Oncol. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun;17(6):903-4.

doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nov059.

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (J.H.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (S.A.A.).

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