Progress in central nervous system lymphomas

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-325

  Wang, Chia Ching ^a   Carnevale, Julia ^a   Rubenstein, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High dose chemotherapy; Primary CNS lymphoma; Rituximab; Tumour microenvironment

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR LYMPHOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

HIGH-DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY; PRIMARY CNS LYMPHOMA; RITUXIMAB; TUMOUR MICROENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84904068297     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12938     Document Type: Article

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