Resection of Brain Metastases

Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-23

  Schackert, Gabriele ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0030010424     PISSN: 0001544X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02625950     Document Type: Article

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