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A new tool for grade II glioma studies: plotting cumulative time with quality of life versus time to malignant transformation

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010, Paris, France

    Emmanuel Mandonnet

  2. University Paris Diderot, Paris, France

    Emmanuel Mandonnet

  3. IMNC, UMR 8165, Orsay, France

    Emmanuel Mandonnet

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France

    Hugues Duffau & Luc Bauchet

  5. Institute for Neuroscience of Montpellier, INSERM U1051, Montpellier, France

    Hugues Duffau & Luc Bauchet

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With the participation of Réseau d’Etude des Gliomes and Club de Neuro-Oncologie de la Société Française de Neurochirurgie.

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Mandonnet, E., Duffau, H. & Bauchet, L. A new tool for grade II glioma studies: plotting cumulative time with quality of life versus time to malignant transformation. J Neurooncol 106, 213–215 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-011-0659-5

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