Challenges with the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral radiation necrosis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-457

  Chao, Samuel T ^a   Ahluwalia, Manmeet S ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^a   Stevens, Glen H J ^a   Murphy, Erin S ^a   Stockham, Abigail L ^a   Shiue, Kevin ^b   Suh, John H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MEDICINE; TUMORS;

BRAIN TUMORS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LASER THERMAL THERAPY; RADIATION NECROSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL RESECTION; TUMOR RECURRENCES;

DIAGNOSIS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEPARIN; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; PENTOXIFYLLINE; STEROID; THALLIUM 201; VASCULOTROPIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL RADIATION NECROSIS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 84884903622     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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