Permanent low-activity iodine-125 implants for cerebral metastases

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Schulder, Michael ^a   Black, Peter McL ^b   Shrieve, Dennis C ^b   Alexander III, Eben ^b   Loeffler, Jay S ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cancer; Intracranial neoplasms; Metastatic tumors; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DEATH; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030954035     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005798027813     Document Type: Article

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