A systematic approach to the management of patients with brain metastases of known or unknown primary site

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Kyritsis, Athanassios P ^a,b   Markoula, Sofia ^b   Levin, Victor A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETIRACETAM; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GEFITINIB; HYDROXYUREA; IRINOTECAN; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MITOLACTOL; MODAFINIL; NAVELBINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE; TIOGUANINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 84856691346     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: 14320843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-011-1775-9     Document Type: Review

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