Sarcoma metastatic to the brain: A series of 35 cases and considerations from 27 years of experience

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-377

  Salvati, M ^a,b   D'Elia, A ^a   Frati, A ^b   Santoro, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Sarcoma; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953618356     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-0085-0     Document Type: Article

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