Dose/effect relationships for brain metastases

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 346-350

  Nieder, Carsten ^a   Nestle, Ursula ^a   Walter, Karin ^a   Niewald, Marcus ^a   Schnabel, Klaus ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biologically effective dose; Brain metastases; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031827345     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320050181     Document Type: Article

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