Factors influencing survival after gamma knife radiosurgery for patients with single and multiple brain metastases

Cancer Journal from Scientific American

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 335-342

  Shu, Hui Kuo G ^a   Sneed, Penny K ^a   Shiau, Cheng Ying ^a,c   McDermott, Michael W ^b   Lamborn, Kathleen R ^b   Park, Elaine ^b   Ho, Maria ^a   Petti, Paula L ^a   Smith, Vernon ^a   Verhey, Lynn J ^a   Wara, William M ^a   Gutin, Philip H ^a,b   Larson, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0001127371     PISSN: 10814442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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