Comparison of three treatment options for single brain metastasis from lung cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-45

  Itakura, Jun ^a   Ishiwata, Toshiyuki ^a   Shen, Ben ^b   Kornmann, Marko ^a   Korc, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung carcinoma; Single brain metastasis; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034688683     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000101)85:1<27::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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