Complete remission of an unrectable pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adult after radiation therapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 641-642

  Kamenova, Boriana ^a   Braverman, Albert S ^a   Axiotis, Constantine A ^a   Sohn, Chul ^a   Goff, David J ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Blastoma; Pleuropulmonary blastoma; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG BLASTOMA; MALE; PLEUROPULMONARY BLASTOMA; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845491933     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000198752.54511.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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