Extra-neural metastases of malignant gliomas: Myth or reality?

Cancers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 461-477

  Beauchesne, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Extraneural metastasis; Malignant gliomas; Neurosurgery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETOPOSIDE; FOTEMUSTINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLEURA METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE METASTASIS;

EID: 79953686526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers3010461     Document Type: Review

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