Survival with brain metastases following radiation therapy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 390-395

  Yuile, Phillip G ^a   Tran, Mai H ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Palliation; Palliative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036454487     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2002.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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