Dose optimization and indication of linac radiosurgery for brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 931-939

  Matsuo, Takayuki ^a   Shibata, Shobu ^a   Yasunaga, Akio ^a   Iwanaga, Mitsuto ^a   Mori, Katsuharu ^a   Shimizu, Tadashi ^a   Hayashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Ochi, Makoto ^a   Hayashi, Kuniaki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Linac radiosurgery; Metastatic brain tumors; Optimal dose; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032748591     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00271-0     Document Type: Article

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