Extrapulmonary small cell sarcinoma: Involvement of the brain without evidence of extracranial malignancy by serial PET/CT scans

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hueser, Christopher N ^a   Nguyen, Nghi C ^a   Osman, Medhat ^a   Havlioglu, Necat ^a   Patel, Anjali J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; STEROID; TOPOTECAN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COORDINATION DISORDER; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOPOTECAN;

EID: 53949122633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-102     Document Type: Article

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