Palliative management of brain metastases

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-372

  Oneschuk, Doreen ^a,b   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Corticosteroids; Radiotherapy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031843705     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050178     Document Type: Review

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