caa a22 4500 469116331 CHVBK 20180323133125.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00172661 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00172661 Intracranial astrocytoma in elderly patients [Elektronische Daten] [Federico Ampil, Marjorie Fowler, Kookmin Kim] Because little is known about intracranial astrocytomas occurring in those in the increasing geriatric population, twenty-three persons evaluated at the university affiliated hospitals over a 26-year period are reported. Progressive mental dysfunctions and motor deficits were the most common manifestations of disease. Glioblastoma multiforme was the predominant (87%) histopathologic diagnosis. The overall median period of survival in 21 evaluable individuals was four (range 0 to 15) months. Median survival was longer in patients who were more functional, who had tumors located in the temporal lobes of the brain, and who received more than one treatment modality. The absence of intercurrent disease or being in a younger ‘elderly' age group was not associated with an improvement in prognosis. The poor survival of this group as well as the survivals quoted in the literature for those with glioblastoma multiforme demands a new therapeutic approach. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 elderly nationallicence brain nationallicence glioma nationallicence astrocytoma nationallicence Ampil Federico Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA aut Fowler Marjorie Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA aut Kim Kookmin Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA aut Journal of Neuro-Oncology Kluwer Academic Publishers 12/2(1992-02-01), 125-130 0167-594X 12:2<125 1992 12 11060 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172661 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172661 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ampil Federico Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fowler Marjorie Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kim Kookmin Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Neuro-Oncology Kluwer Academic Publishers 12/2(1992-02-01), 125-130 0167-594X 12:2<125 1992 12 11060 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer