Low-grade gliomas: management issues

Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2007 Dec;7(12 Suppl):S15-21. doi: 10.1586/14737140.7.12s.S15.

Abstract

Low-grade gliomas are relatively rare tumors. The optimal management of these tumors remains to be defined and has some controversies associated with it. In this review, we present the data that is available to date and some of the issues that exist in treating these tumors.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Brain Neoplasms / mortality
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Glioma / drug therapy*
  • Glioma / mortality
  • Glioma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Maximum Tolerated Dose
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome