Gamma Knife radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumor: The usefulness of repeated Gamma Knife radiosurgery for recurrent cases

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 73-80

  Yamanaka, K ^a   Iwai, Y ^a   Yasui, T ^a   Nakajima, H ^a   Komiyama, M ^a   Nishikawa, M ^a   Morikawa, T ^a   Kishi, H ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Metastatic brain tumor; Regrowth; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033385848     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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