Prognosis of patients treated for intracranial metastases with whole-brain irradiation

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 296-299

  Sundström, Jari T ^a   Minn, Heikki ^a   Lertola, Kaarlo K ^a   Nordman, Eeva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Palliative treatment; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0031780847     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899809005858     Document Type: Article

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