Gefitinib and a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt to manage carcinomatous meningitis from non-small-cell lung cancer: Report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 598-602

  So, Tetsuya ^a,c   Inoue, Masaaki ^a   Chikaishi, Yasuhiro ^a   Nose, Naohiro ^b   Sugio, Kenji ^c   Yasumoto, Kosei ^c  

^a Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety   (Japan)

^b Ohira Medical Care Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinomatous meningitis; Gefitinib; Non small cell lung cancer; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; GADOLINIUM; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL; PICIBANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PLEURISY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE METASTASIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MENINGEAL CARCINOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUINAZOLINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 67651148191     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-008-3909-1     Document Type: Article

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