Predictors of long-term survival following postoperative radiochemotherapy for pathologically confirmed suprasellar germ cell tumors.

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Published in Mol Clin Oncol on November 20, 2014

Authors

Lei Huo1, Xia Wang2, Pamela K Allen3, Longyun Wang2, Yuping Liao2, Zaide Han4, Liangfang Shen2, Qingsong Tu2, Meizuo Zhong2, Yan Zhuang3, Jing Li3, Jidong Hong2

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Institute of Skull Base Surgery and Neurooncology, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.
2: Radiation Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Institute of Skull Base Surgery and Neurooncology, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.
3: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
4: Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Institute of Skull Base Surgery and Neurooncology, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.

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