A multi-institutional review of radiosurgery alone vs. radiosurgery with whole brain radiotherapy as the initial management of brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 519-526

  Sneed, Penny K ^a   Suh, John H ^b   Goetsch, Steven J ^c   Sanghavi, Seema N ^d   Chappell, Richard ^d   Buatti, John M ^e   Regine, William F ^f   Weltman, Eduardo ^g   King, Vernon J ^h   Breneman, John C ⁱ   Sperduto, Paul W ^j   Mehta, Minesh P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c San Diego Gamma Knife Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^h ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^j Methodist Hospital   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brain metastases; Brain neoplasms; Gamma Knife; Linac radiosurgery; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RADIOSURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036643964     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02770-0     Document Type: Article

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