Intramedullary spinal cord metastases in breast carcinoma: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 631-634

  Kosmas, Christos ^a   Malamos, N A ^a   Stefanou, S ^a   Gregoriou, A ^a   Tsavaris, N ^b  

^a HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Docetaxel; Intramedullary spinal cord metastases; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; LETROZOLE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; METHOTREXATE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; LIVER METASTASIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE FIBER; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036975233     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2002.14.6.631     Document Type: Article

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