1997
Low-grade gliomas of chronic epilepsy: A distinct clinical and pathological entity
Bartolomei J, Christopher S, Vives K, Spencer D, Piepmeier J. Low-grade gliomas of chronic epilepsy: A distinct clinical and pathological entity. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 1997, 34: 79-84. PMID: 9210054, DOI: 10.1023/a:1005711321343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-grade gliomasChronic epilepsyDysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumorPathological entityLong-term patient outcomesSpecific pathological entityManagement of patientsResults of patientsDistinct pathological entityLack of mortalityPreoperative seizuresNeuroepithelial tumorsTumor recurrencePatient outcomesAnaplastic transformationEpilepsySame tumorGliomasCortical locationTumorsPatientsRecurrenceSeizuresPopulationMortality
1996
Variations in the natural history and survival of patients with supratentorial low-grade astrocytomas.
Piepmeier J, Susan Christopher R, Spencer D, Byrne T, Kim J, Knisel J, Lacy J, Tsukerman L, Makuch R. Variations in the natural history and survival of patients with supratentorial low-grade astrocytomas. Neurosurgery 1996, 38: 872-8; discussion 878-9. PMID: 8727811, DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199605000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-grade astrocytomasGross total resectionChronic epilepsySupratentorial low-grade astrocytomasNatural historyGross total tumor resectionImmediate postoperative radiotherapyExtent of surgerySurvival of patientsTen-year survivalPopulation of patientsUse of radiotherapyRisk of recurrenceHigh-grade lesionsLength of survivalMore malignant tumorsTypes of symptomsAggressive surgeryPostoperative radiotherapyPreoperative symptomsConsecutive patientsBetter prognosisTumor recurrenceTumor resectionMalignant tumors