Bevacizumab reverses cerebral radiation necrosis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 5649-5650

  Wong, Eric T ^a   Huberman, Mark ^a   Lu, Xing Qi ^a   Mahadevan, Anand ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57149084098     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.1866     Document Type: Article

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