Brain recurrences in patients with ovarian cancer: Report of 12 cases and review of the literature

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6 C, 2007, Pages 4403-4409

  Gadducci, Angiolo ^a   Tana, Roberta ^a   Teti, Giancarlo ^a   Fanucchi, Antonio ^a   Pasqualetti, Francesco ^a   Cionini, Luca ^a   Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37549033455     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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