The diagnosis and treatment of pseudoprogression, radiation necrosis and brain tumor recurrence

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 11832-11846

  Parvez, Kashif ^a   Parvez, Aatif ^b   Zadeh, Gelareh ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glioma; Metastasis; Pseudoprogression; Radiation necrosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; HEPARIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; WARFARIN;

ALGORITHM; BRAIN TUMOR; CUSHING DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MYOPATHY; NECROSIS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OSTEOPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR RECURRENCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLIOMA; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURIES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIOMA; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84903973579     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms150711832     Document Type: Review

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