Brain metastases: Histology, multiplicity, surgery, and survival

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1781-1788

  Nussbaum, Eric S ^a   Djalilian, Hamid R ^a   Cho, Kwan H ^a   Hall, Walter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UMHC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

brain neoplasm; metastasis; surgery; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029740191     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961015)78:8<1781::AID-CNCR19>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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