Neurologic complications of cancer. Part 1: Central nervous system metastasis

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-83

  Tasdemiroglu, Erol ^a,c   Kaya, Ahmet Hilmi ^a   Bek, Sirzat ^b   Emir, Canan Bolcu ^b   Sengoz, Ahmet ^a   Kilickesmez, Ozgur ^a   Mansuroglu, Ilknur ^a  

^a Istanbul Science University   (Turkey)

^b Okmeydani Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Deniz Apt 74/7 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Metastatic; Neurological complications

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TOXIN;

ALGORITHM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NERVE ROOT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SKULL CANCER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 2442652722     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000126695.87255.67     Document Type: Review

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