A Case Study of a Patient with Gliosarcoma with an Extended Survival and Spinal Cord Metastases

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 391-395

  Chen, LiZhao ^a   Xiao, HuaLiang ^a   Xu, Lunshan ^a   Zou, YongWen ^a   Zhang, YunDong ^a   Xu, MinHui ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gliosarcoma; Metastases; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTISCANNING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863243498     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9312-3     Document Type: Article

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