Controversies in the Management of Intracranial Germinomas

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-521

  Paulino, Arnold C ^c   Wen, B Chen ^a   Mohideen, M Najeeb ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN SULFATE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE;

BRAIN TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032956592     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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