Posterior Fossa Metastases: Aggressive Treatment Improves Survival

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 18-23

  Kanner, Andrew A ^a   Suh, John H ^a   Siomin, Vitaly E ^a   Lee, Shih Yuan ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^a   Vogelbaum, Michael A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Radiosurgery; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREDICTION; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1142310537     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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