Comparison of whole brain radiation therapy and locally limited radiation therapy in the treatment of solitary brain metastases from non- small cell lung cancer

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 364-369

  Ueki, Keisuke ^a,b   Matsutani, Masao ^a,c   Nakamura, Osamu ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a,d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

lung cancer; neurotoxicity; radiation therapy; solitary brain metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029940227     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.364     Document Type: Article

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