Treatment of progressive metastatic glomus jugulare tumor (paraganglioma) with gemcitabine

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 190-191

  Pipas, J Marc ^a   Krywicki, Robert F ^b  

^a NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GEMCITABINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034231972     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/2.3.190     Document Type: Article

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