Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of brain metastases: Results of a single institution series

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-557

  Breneman, John C ^a,d   Warnick, Ronald E ^a,b   Albright Jr , Robert E ^a,b   Kukiatinant, Noppakoon ^c   Shaw, Jodi ^a   Armin, David ^a   Tew Jr , John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain metastases; localization; radiation; radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031035197     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970201)79:3<551::AID-CNCR18>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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