A case report: Successful treatment of meningeal metastasis with concurrent whole brain radiotherapy and erlotinib in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-108

  Huang, J ^a   Dong, X R ^a   Lu, H D ^a   Liu, L ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Erlotinib; Magnetic resonance imaging; Non small cell lung cancer; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ERLOTINIB; PACLITAXEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RASH; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; UNSTEADINESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; QUINAZOLINES;

EID: 84865999870     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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