Repeated gamma knife surgery for multiple brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 785-793

  Wowra, Berndt ^a   Siebels, Michael ^a   Muacevic, Alexander ^a   Kreth, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a   Mack, Andreas ^a   Hofstetter, Alfons ^a  

^a Gamma Knife Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Gamma knife surgery; Radiosurgery; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BLEEDING;

EID: 0036800923     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.4.0785     Document Type: Article

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