A multiinstitutional outcome and prognostic factor analysis of radiosurgery for resectable single brain metastasis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-35

  Auchter, Richard M ^a   Lamond, John P ^a   Alexander III, Eben ^e   Buatti, John M ^f   Chappell, Rick ^c   Friedman, William A ^f   Kinsella, Timothy J ^a   Levin, Allan B ^c   Noyes, William R ^a   Schultz, Christopher J ^b   Loeffler, Jay S ^d   Mehta, Minesh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Metastasis; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029871287     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)85008-5     Document Type: Article

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