Stereotactic irradiation without whole-brain irradiation for single brain metastasis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 385-391

  Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Takamura, Akio ^b   Tomita, Masayoshi ^c   Suzuki, Keishiro ^d   Nishioka, Takashi ^a   Isu, Toyohiko ^e   Kato, Tsutomu ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Miyamachi, Keikichi ^c   Hiroshi, Abe ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Nikkoh Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^d Obihiro Kohsei Hospital   (Japan)

^e Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastatic brain tumor; Radiosurgery; Relapse; Stereotactic irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; RECTUM CANCER; RELAPSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030935380     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00488-9     Document Type: Article

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