Gamma knife radiosurgery for renal cell carcinoma brain metastases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2002, Pages 489-493

  Hernandez, Laura ^a   Zamorano, Lucia ^a   Sloan, Andrew ^a   Fontanesi, James ^a   Lo, Simon ^a   Levin, Kenneth ^a   Li, Qinghang ^a   Diaz, Fernando ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Metastasis; Radiosurgery; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GENDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036895792     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.supplement_5.0489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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