Surgery of brain metastases - Pro and contra

Onkologie

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 480-481

  Schackert, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SCINTIGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MELANOMA; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; NEURONAVIGATION; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036976890     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067444     Document Type: Note

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