Single brain metastases of carcinoid tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-332

  Maiuri, Francesco ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Del Basso De Caro, Marialaura ^b   Esposito, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Carcinoid tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; DEATH; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1342333616     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000014517.56866.bc     Document Type: Article

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