Effect of edaravone on radiation-induced brain necrosis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy: a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 441-447

  Tang, Yamei ^a   Rong, Xiaoming ^a   Hu, Weihan ^b   Li, Guoqian ^c   Yang, Xiaoxia ^c   Yang, Jianhua ^a   Xu, Pengfei ^a   Luo, Jinjun ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c Fujian Provincial Quanzhou First Hospital   (China)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Edaravone; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiation induced brain necrosis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NORPHENAZONE; PREDNISOLONE; PHENAZONE; PHENYLMETHYLPYRAZOLONE; SCAVENGER;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN PROTECTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BRAIN INJURIES; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPYRINE; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84910006764     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-014-1573-4     Document Type: Article

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