Gamma surgery for intracranial metastases from renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 760-765

  Payne, Bryan Rankin ^a   Prasad, Dheerendra ^a   Szeifert, György ^a   Steiner, Melita ^a   Steiner, Ladislau ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Gamma knife; Metastasis; Radiosurgery renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034015542     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.5.0760     Document Type: Article

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