Leptomeningeal and medullary response to second-line erlotinib in lung adenocarcinoma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 677-679

  Wagner, Mathilde ^a   Besse, Benjamin ^a   Balleyguier, Corinne ^a   Soria, Jean Charles ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinomatous mengingitis; Erlotinib; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ERLOTINIB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAVELBINE; PREDNISOLONE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MENINGEAL ARTERY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 44649122132     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181757a8b     Document Type: Article

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