Recursive Partitioning Analysis (RPA) of prognostic factors in three Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) brain metastases trials

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 745-751

  Gaspar, Laurie ^a   Scott, Charles ^b   Rotman, Marvin ^c   Asbell, Sucha ^d   Phillips, Theodore ^e   Wasserman, Todd ^f   McKenna, W Gillies ^g   Byhardt, Roger ^h  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTOG Headquarters   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Prognostic factors; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030973660     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00619-0     Document Type: Article

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