Identification of prognostic factors in patients with brain metastases: A review of 1292 patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 795-803

  Lagerwaard, Frank J ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a   Nowak, Peter J C M ^a   Eijkenboom, Wilhelmina M H ^a   Hanssens, Patrick E J ^a   Schmitz, Paul I M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033054670     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00442-8     Document Type: Article

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