Cognitive sparing during the administration of whole brain radiotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation: Current concepts and approaches

Journal of Oncology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Marsh, James C ^a   Gielda, Benjamin T ^a   Herskovic, Arnold M ^a   Abrams, Ross A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ALOPECIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISTANT METASTASIS; DOSIMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTOXICITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 77955358817     PISSN: 16878450     EISSN: 16878469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/198208     Document Type: Review

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