Prognostic factors in patients who survived more than 10 years after undergoing surgery for metastatic brain tumors: Report of 5 cases and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-123

  Takeshima, Hideo ^a   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^a   Nishi, Toru ^b   Ushio, Yukitaka ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term survival; Metastatic brain tumor; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036703384     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00753-X     Document Type: Article

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