Stereotactic radiosurgery for brainstem metastases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 563-568

  Huang, Chuan Fu ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Brainstem tumor; Cancer; Metastasis; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033507936     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.4.0563     Document Type: Article

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