Randomized trial on the efficacy of radiotherapy for cerebral low-grade glioma in the adult: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Study 22845 with the Medical Research Council study BRO4: an interim analysis

Abul B.M.F Karim1, Denes Afra2, Philippe Cornu3, Norman Bleehan4, Simon Schraub5, Olivier De Witte6, François Darcel7, Sally Stenning8, Marianne Pierart9, Martine Van Glabbeke9
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Vrije University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2National Institute of Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary
3Department of Neurosurgery, CHU Pitié-Salpetriere, Paris, France
4Department of Radiation Oncology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
5Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital J. Minjoz, Besancon, France
6Department of Neurosurgery, Hopital Univverstaire Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
7Department of Neurosurgery, CHU Pontachaillou, Rennes, France
8Medical Research Council, Cancer Trials Office, Cambridge, United Kingdom
9European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Data Center, Brussels, Belgium

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