Stereotactic irradiation: Potential new treatment method for brain metastases resulting from ovarian cancer

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Corn, Benjamin W ^a,h   Mehta, Minesh P ^b   Buatti, John M ^c   Wolfson, Aaron H ^d   Greven, Kathryn M ^e   Kim, Robert Y ^f   Dunton, Charles J ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^g  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h SignalSite Inc   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Ovarian cancer; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033508652     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199904000-00007     Document Type: Article

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