Malignant transformation of high-grade astrocytoma associated with neurocysticercosis in a patient with Turcot syndrome
β Scribed by Kuniyasu Niizuma; Miki Fujimura; Toshihiro Kumabe; Tominaga Tominaga
- Book ID
- 116673794
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0967-5868
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A pilot study was performed combining cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (CDDP) and radiation therapy to treat patients with high-grade astrocytomas. CDDP at a dose of 40 mg/m2/week intravenously was given during the course of cranial irradiation. Following irradiation, CDDP was given every three weeks on
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Two families of tumor suppressor genes, Cip/Kip (p21, p27, and 57) and INK4 (p15, p16, p18, and p19), regulate cell proliferation and neoplastic transformation. p27 exerts its suppressor effect through cyclin Eβdependent kinase (CDK2) by inhibiting the phosphorylation of