Successful treatment of brain metastases from ovarian cancer using gamma-knife radiosurgery

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-359

  Kawana, Kei ^a   Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Yokota, Harushige ^a   Onda, Takashi ^a   Nakagawa, Keiichi ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031149933     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4642     Document Type: Article

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