Recurrent retroperitoneal malignant nerve sheath tumor associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 responding to carboplatin and etoposide combined chemotherapy

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 353-356

  Kinebuchi, Yoshiaki ^a   Noguchi, Wataru ^a   Igawa, Yasuhiko ^a   Nishizawa, Osamu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; MPNST; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Retroperitoneal tumor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; RETROPERITONEUM; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27144511723     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-005-0495-8     Document Type: Article

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