Treatment options for brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Taimur, Sadaf ^b   Edelman, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain Metastasis; Central Nervous System Metastasis; Central Nervous System Relapse; Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation; Radiat Oncol Biol Phys

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037711181     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: 15346277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-003-0035-6     Document Type: Article

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