A comparison of surgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of solitary brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1169-1176

  O'Neill, Brian Patrick ^a,b   Iturria, Nancy J ^a   Link, Michael J ^a   Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Ballman, Karla V ^a   O'Fallon, Judith R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Gamma knife; Neurosurgery; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NEUROSURGERY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY (RS);

SURGERY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037376828     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04379-1     Document Type: Article

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