Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy alone without whole-brain irradiation for patients with solitary and oligo brain metastasis using noninvasive fixation of the skull

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 793-800

  Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Onimaru, Rikiya ^a   Kagei, Kenji ^a   Ikeda, Jun ^a   Ishii, Nobuaki ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Metastasis; Radiation; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IRRADIATION; TUMORS;

METASTATIC PATIENTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOFRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKULL; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0037605905     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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