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Peter C. Burger
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 143
Citations - 37212
Peter C. Burger is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Glioma & Anaplastic astrocytoma. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 142 publications receiving 35714 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter C. Burger include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Meningiomas associated with large cysts with neoplastic cells in the cysts walls. Report of two cases.
TL;DR: Two adults presented with frontal lobe masses with large cysts with contrast-enhancing mural nodules and enhancing circumferential rims that disclosed a meningioma and neoplastic cells were found in the distant cyst walls.
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Results of a randomized trial comparing intra-arterial cisplatin and intravenous PCNU for the treatment of primary brain tumors in adults: Brain Tumor Cooperative Group trial 8420A.
Emile M. Hiesiger,Sylvan B. Green,William R. Shapiro,Peter C. Burger,Robert G. Selker,M. Stephen Mahaley,Joseph Ransohoff,John C. VanGilder,John Mealey,James T. Robertson,Fred H. Hochberg,Ronald F. Young +11 more
TL;DR: The trial showed a survival advantage to the group randomized to PCNU, although the difference was modest, and combined with previous BTCG results, these trials suggest thatPCNU is an active drug for brain tumors.
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Meningioangiomatosis: CT and MR findings.
TL;DR: Two new cases of Meningioangiomatosis are reported and CT and MR findings clearly illustrating MA cortex infiltration are presented, indicating the origin of MA is probably malformative, with possible association with neurofibromatosis.
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Scanning electron microscopy of vascular casts
TL;DR: The vascular anatomy, as well as the artifacts, that are encountered during SEM studies of corrosion casts of three dimensional replicas are described.
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Definitions and Explanatory Notes
TL;DR: Admixture of other neoplastic cells occurs quite frequently and should not, unless substantial, lead to an excessive diagnosis of mixed gliomas.