Antiangiogenic therapy in the treatment of recurrent medulloblastoma in the adult: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Oncology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Spatola, Corrado ^a   Privitera, Giuseppe ^a   Acquaviva, Grazia ^a   Ettorre, Giovanni Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 75449098477     PISSN: 16878450     EISSN: 16878469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/247873     Document Type: Article

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