Surgical treatment of brain metastases from melanoma: A retrospective study of 91 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-18

  Wroński, Marek ^a   Arbit, Ehud ^b  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Melanoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0343953568     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.1.0009     Document Type: Article

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