Brain metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer: Overview and optimal management

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2793-2798

  Pietzner, Klaus ^a   Oskay Oezcelik, Guelten ^a   El Khalfaoui, Khalid ^a   Boehmer, Dirk ^a   Lichtenegger, Werner ^a   Sehouli, Jalid ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain lesions; Brain metastases; Central nervous system relapse; Ovarian cancer; Review

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN;

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69249181335     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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