Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1397-1409

  Boyd, Timothy S ^b   Mehta, Minesh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033212345     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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