Symptomatic spinal dissemination of malignant astrocytoma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Saito, Ryuta ^a   Kumabe, Toshihiro ^a   Jokura, Hidefumi ^a   Shirane, Reizo ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Glioblastoma; Seeding; Spinal dissemination

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NIMUSTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOMENINX; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037298843     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022536828345     Document Type: Article

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