A randomized trial to assess the efficacy of surgery in addition to radiotherapy in patients with a single cerebral metastasis

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1470-1476

  Mintz, Arlan H ^a   Kestle, John ^a   Rathbone, Michel P ^a   Gaspar, Laurie ^b   Hugenholtz, Herman ^c   Fisher, Barbara ^b   Duncan, Graeme ^d   Skingley, Peter ^e   Foster, Gary ^e   Levine, Mark ^e,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

outcome; radiation; single brain metastasis; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10144261882     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961001)78:7<1470::AID-CNCR14>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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