Colorectal carcinoma and brain metastasis: Distribution, treatment, and survival

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 453-463

  McCutcheon, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Brain metastasis; Brain neoplasm; Colorectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030226175     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02305763     Document Type: Article

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