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Guidelines for the treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma: introduction

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Acknowledgements

We wish to acknowledge Beverly Murphy for her assistance in creating a coherent series of literature searches. Additionally we wish to thank Stephen Haines, MD, Jack Rock, MD, and Tom Mikkelson, MD for their review and consultations regarding on this work. The members of the committees express appreciation to the AANS/CNS Joint Guidelines Committee for their review, comments and suggestions. We also thank Linda Phillips for meeting organization and collection of materials and Emily Feinstein for her assistance in editing the material for publication. Additionally we want to acknowledge the unrestricted financial grants provided by Aesculap, Inc., Codman, A Johnson and Johnson, Company, NeoPharm, Inc., Stryker/Leibinger Inc., Schering-Plough, and Guilford Pharmaceuticals for support of the venues in which the experts gathered for development and review of the guidelines.

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    Jeffrey J. Olson

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

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Olson, J.J., Ryken, T. Guidelines for the treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma: introduction. J Neurooncol 89, 255–258 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-008-9595-4

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