Interstitial chemotherapy with carmustine-loaded polymers for high- grade gliomas: A randomized double-blind study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-49

  Valtonen, Simo ^a   Timonen, Ulla ^e   Toivanen, Petri ^e   Kalimo, Hannu ^a   Kivipelto, Leena ^b   Heiskanen, Olli ^b   Unsgaard, Geirmund ^d   Kuurne, Timo ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

Author keywords

BCNU; Biodegradable polymer; Chemotherapy; Malignant glioma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; PLACEBO; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARMUSTINE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030929137     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199707000-00011     Document Type: Article

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