The role of neurosurgery in the treatment of cerebral metastases from choriocarcinoma: A report of two cases

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-161

  Semple, P L ^a   Denny, Lynette ^a   Coughlan, M ^a   Soeters, R ^a   Van Wijk, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastases; Choriocarcinoma; Craniotomy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PHENYTOIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1442274959     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.14147.x     Document Type: Review

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