Complete and durable response of choroid metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer with systemic bevacizumab and chemotherapy

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 661-662

  George, Ben ^a   Wirostko, William J ^b   Connor, Thomas B ^b   Choong, Nicholas W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bevacizumab; Choroid metastasis; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; GEMCITABINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651159238     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31819c9a73     Document Type: Article

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