Neuroendocrine tumors in the brain

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPLE. 2, 2001, Pages

  Cavalla, P ^a   Schiffer, D ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Neuroscienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gliomas; Medulloblastomas; Meningiomas; PNET; Somatostatin; SSTR

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OCTREOTIDE; RADIOISOTOPE; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESTHESIONEUROBLASTOMA; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARAGANGLION; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PRECURSOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; SCAR; SCINTIGRAPHY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035165497     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/12.suppl_2.s131     Document Type: Review

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