Correlation of endoscopic biopsy with tumor marker status in primary intracranial germ cell tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Luther, Neal ^a   Edgar, Mark A ^b   Dunkel, Ira J ^b   Souweidane, Mark M ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Endoscopic surgery; Germ cell tumor; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERATOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745960731     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9110-0     Document Type: Article

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