Management Strategies for Patients with Brain Metastases: Has Radiosurgery Made a Difference?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-258

  Jawahar, Ajay ^a   Ampil, Federico ^a   Wielbaecher, Christina ^a   Hartman, Golda H ^a   Zhang, John H ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery; Resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642351678     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000060569.47897.75     Document Type: Article

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