Choroid plexus carcinoma in the adult: Is there a role for chemotherapy?

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-496

  Fabi, Alessandra ^a   Salesi, N ^a   Di Cocco, B ^a   Vidiri, A ^a   Visca, P ^a   Pace, A ^a   Carapella, C ^a   De Paula, U ^b   Mirri, A ^a   Cognetti, F ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult brain tumor; Choroid plexus carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; ETOPOSIDE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; CISPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMA;

EID: 26244461767     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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