Is the Blood-Brain Barrier Relevant in Metastatic Germ Cell Tumor?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-166

  Azar, Jose M ^a,b   Schneider, Bryan P ^a,b   Einhorn, Lawrence H ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALTHER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain metastasis; Germ cell tumor; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMOSTATS; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METASTASIS; GERM CELL TUMORS; TESTICULAR CANCERS;

ONCOLOGY;

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TESTIS CANCER; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; ETOPOSIDE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547838168     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.02.042     Document Type: Article

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