Stereotactic radiosurgery plus whole brain radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for patients with multiple brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b,c   Patel, Atul ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a,b,c   Kassam, Amin ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Cancer; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032873920     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00198-4     Document Type: Article

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