Sarcoma metastatic to the brain: A series of 15 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 441-444

  Salvati, Maurizio ^a   Cervoni, Luigi ^a,c   Caruso, Riccardo ^a   Gagliardi, Franco Maria ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^b  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOMA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, ALVEOLAR SOFT PART; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032053870     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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