Seminoma with isolated central nervous system relapse, and salvage with craniospinal irradiation

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1043-1045

  Mackey, John R ^a,b   Venner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEMINOMA; SKULL IRRADIATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032100440     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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