Treatment of meningeal gliomatosis

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Pradat, P F ^a   Hoang Xuan, K ^a   Cornu, P ^a   Mokhtari, K ^a   Martin Duverneuil, N ^a   Poisson, M ^a   Delattre, J Y ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Glioma; Meningeal gliomatosis; Meningeal neoplasm; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; THIOTEPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VM 16;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD TOXICITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032784793     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006399804896     Document Type: Article

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