Chemotherapy of choroid plexus carcinoma.
Childs Nerv Syst
; 15(10): 571-7, 1999 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-10550588
ABSTRACT
Choroid plexus carcinoma is a rare and frequently lethal tumor. Its cure depends primarily on the achievement of gross total resection. The contribution of adjuvant therapies, both irradiation and chemotherapy, in the context of gross total resection is unclear, but where such resection is not possible there may be a role for adjuvant therapy to permit more nearly complete resection. In particular, the limitation on resectability is imposed by the friability and extraordinary degree of vascularity, both of which may be favorably influenced by the use of chemotherapy following an initial biopsy, with deferral of the attempt at definitive resection until the impact of chemotherapy has been realized.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Carcinoma
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Neoplasias do Plexo Corióideo
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Antineoplásicos
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Childs Nerv Syst
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá