Adult primary intradural spinal cord tumors: A review

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-328

  Chamberlain, Marc C ^a   Tredway, Trent L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Extradural tumors; Glioblastoma; Gliomas; Hemangioblastoma; High grade glioma; Intradural extramedullary; Intradural intramedullary; Low grade glioma; Meningioma; Neurofibroma; Peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Primary spinal cord tumors; Schwannoma; Spinal cord parenchymal metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC METAL COMPLEX; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROXYUREA; LAPATINIB; METHOTREXATE; SEMAXANIB; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SUNITINIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VATALANIB;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DURA MATER; EPENDYMOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; CLASSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79961148297     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-011-0190-2     Document Type: Review

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