Intracystic treatments for craniopharyngioma

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Steinbok, Paul ^a   Hukin, Juliette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Craniopharyngioma; Interferon; Intracystic therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; BLEOMYCIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INTERFERON-ALPHA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953658552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.1.FOCUS09315     Document Type: Article

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