Long-term tumor control of spinal dissemination of cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme by combined adjuvant bevacizumab antibody therapy: a case report

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Mario Löhr³  Ralf-Ingo Ernestus³  Almuth F Kessler³  Carsten Hagemann³  Thomas Westermaier³  Giles H Vince²  Camelia M Monoranu¹  Thomas Linsenmann³ 

[1] Department of Neuropathology, Julius-Maximilians-University, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany;Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria;Department of Neurosurgery, Julius-Maximilians-University, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany

关键词: Irradiation;    Temozolomide;    Bevacizumab;    Spinal dissemination;    Glioblastoma;   

Others  :  1131721
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-496

 received in 2013-11-28, accepted in 2014-07-28,  发布年份 2014

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Linsenmann et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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