Brain tumors: Controversies and challenges in management

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Lesniak, Maciej S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG THERAPY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 27944489467     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.5.6.S1     Document Type: Editorial

References (3)

1. Stupp R, Mason WP, van den Bent MJ et al. Mirimanoff. Radiotherapy plus concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide for glioblastoma. N. Engl. J. Med. 352, 987-996 (2005).
2. Brem H, Piantadosi S, Burger PC et al. Placebo-controlled trial of safety and efficacy of intraoperative controlled delivery by biodegradable polymers of chemotherapy for recurrent gliomas. The Polymer-brain Tumor Treatment Group. Lancet 345, 1008-1012(1995).
3. Westphal M, Hilt DC, Bortey E et al. A Phase 3 trial of local chemotherapy with biodegradable carmustine (BCNU) wafers (Gliadel wafers) in patients with primary malignant glioma. Neuro-oncology 5, 79-88 (2003).