Survival by radiation therapy oncology group recursive partitioning analysis class and treatment modality in patients with brain metastases from malignant melanoma: A retrospective study

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2265-2272

  Buchsbaum, Jeffrey C ^a   Suh, John H ^a   Lee, Shih Yuan ^a   Chidel, Mark A ^a   Greskovich, John F ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Malignant melanoma; Radiosurgery; Recursive partitioning analysis; Selection bias; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037089581     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10426     Document Type: Article

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