The role of whole brain radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery on brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1007-1012

  Goyal, Lav K ^a   Suh, John H ^a   Reddy, Chandana A ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Renal cell carcinoma; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034237196     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00536-8     Document Type: Article

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