Intracranial metastases from carcinoma of the cervix: Report of 4 cases and review of the literature

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Radiologists

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-116

  Agrawal, P ^a,b   Rathi, A K ^a   Bahadur, A K ^a   Singh, K ^a   Mohanta, P K ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Cervix neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; IFOSFAMIDE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INDIA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 28444457220     PISSN: 10295097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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