Spontaneous regression of thoracic metastases while progression of brain metastases after stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Abscopal effect prevented by the blood-brain barrier?

Clinical Genitourinary Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-198

  Ishiyama, Hiromichi ^a,b   Teh, Bin S ^a   Ren, Hua ^a,c   Chiang, Stephen ^a   Tann, Anne ^d   Blanco, Angel I ^a   Paulino, Arnold C ^a   Amato, Robert ^d  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscopal effect; Lung metastases; Radiotherapy; Renal cell carcinoma; Spontaneous regression; Stereotactic body radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THORACIC METASTASIS;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION INDUCTION; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864977831     PISSN: 15587673     EISSN: 19380682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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