Brain metastasis from non-seminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis: Indications for aggressive treatment

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-137

  Salvati, Maurizio ^a   Piccirilli, Manolo ^b   Raco, Antonino ^b   Santoro, Antonio ^b   Frati, Riccardo ^c   Lenzi, Jacopo ^b   Lanzetta, Gaetano ^d   Agrillo, Antonino ^b   Frati, Alessandro ^a,e  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d INI   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Non seminomatous germ cell tumor; Prognostic factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; TROPHOBLAST; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645231641     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-005-0004-6     Document Type: Review

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