Predictors of tumor control in patients treated with linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic disease to the brain

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-187

  Schomas, David A ^a   Roeske, John C ^a   MacDonald, R Loch ^a   Sweeney, Patrick J ^a   Mehta, Neil ^a   Mundt, Arno J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Local control; Prognostic factors; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17044423302     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000143017.69880.04     Document Type: Article

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