Stereotactic irradiation for brain metastases using linear accelerator

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1003-1009

  Kato, Tsutomu ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Nishioka, Takashi ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a   Suzuki, Keishiro ^b   Takamura, Akio ^c   Tomita, Masayoshi ^d   Isu, Toyohiko ^e   Miyamachi, Keikichi ^f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Obihiro Kohsei Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^d Nikko Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^e Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^f Nikkoh Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain metastasis; linear accelerator; radiosurgery; stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 10544222426     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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