Aggressive clinical course of giant cell tumor arising from thoracic vertebra after a long latent period

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 534-537

  Takahashi, Takeo ^a   Katano, Susumu ^b   Ishikawa, Hitoshi ^c   Nakano, Takashi ^c  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggressive bone metastases; Giant cell tumor; Radiotherapy; Thoracic vertebra

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; VERTEBRA; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; OSTEOCLASTOMA; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849163085     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-006-0064-8     Document Type: Article

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