Brain metastasis of breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-29

  Ohno, Shinji ^a   Ishida, Mayumi ^a   Kataoka, Akemi ^a   Murakami, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 1542289925     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967997     Document Type: Note

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